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Adenanthos ellipticus A.S.George
Oval-leaf Adenanthos

Reference
Nuytsia 1:383 (1974)
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

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-3 m high. Fl. orange & red/pink, Jan or Apr to May or Aug to Nov. White siliceous sand over quartzite. Rocky hillsides.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.75-3 m high. Leaves alternate, 25-45 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex or on the surface of the leaf blade. Inflorescences pink; innermost bracts 3.5-4 mm long; peduncles 8-10 mm long. Perianth 23-25 mm long, glabrous or hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 29-33 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style hairy. Flowers in May, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.