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Anigozanthos bicolor subsp. decrescens Hopper

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:455 (1987)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, perennial, herb, 0.1-0.5 m high. Fl. green&red, Aug to Oct. White, pink, grey or black sand. Swamp flats, road verges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 55-65 mm long, 1-4 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.4-0.7 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, lying parallel with the margin; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 300-405 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-14 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 12-14 mm long; pedicels present, 4-6 mm long; flowers 50-70 mm long. Perianth hairy, bilaterally symmetric, distinctly bicoloured, red and green, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 7-11 mm long. Stamens six, in three levels, in pairs; filaments 3.5-7 mm long; anther 4-5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 50-70 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Warren and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 18 January 2020

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Manjimup, Nannup, Narrogin, Plantagenet, Wandering, West Arthur, Williams.