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Anigozanthos bicolor subsp. minor (Benth.) Hopper

Reference
Fl.Australia 45:455 (1987)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.2 m high. Fl. green&red, Aug to Oct. Sand. Well-watered sites.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 60-90 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 80-120 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-20 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 12-14 mm long; pedicels present, 3.5-7 mm long; flowers 40-47 mm long. Perianth hairy, bilaterally symmetric, distinctly bicoloured, red and green, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 7.5-9 mm long. Stamens six, in three levels, in pairs; filaments 5.5-6.5 mm long; anther 2.2-3 mm long, without an appendage. Style 35-40 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Mallee and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Threatened (T).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.