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Isopogon crithmifolius F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 6:239 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.35-1.3(-1.8) m high. Fl. pink-red-blue-purple, Aug to Nov. Laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 January 1997
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 30-75 mm long, hairy; lamina flat, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, with (3-)9-14(-22) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 15-20 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, pink or purple. Perianth 23-25 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 23-26 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 5-6 mm long, the brush 1.2-2.2 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Boddington, Brookton, Collie, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Narrogin, Pingelly, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, York.