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Isopogon heterophyllus Meisn.

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Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 504 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high. Fl. pink/pink-purple, May or Aug to Dec. Gravelly soils, laterite, sand.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 November 1997
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 30-50 mm mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with (2-)3-7(-14) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 15-40 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, pink. Perianth 21-26 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 22-28 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 4-4.7 mm long, the brush 1-2 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in May, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).