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Isopogon baxteri R.Br.
Stirling Range Coneflower

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 9 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-stemmed, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. pink/pink-red-other, Apr or Jul to Dec or Jan. Gravelly soils, laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 20-45 mm long, hairy or glabrous; lamina flat, once divided or twice or more divided, tripartitely divided or divided only at the apex, shallowly divided, with (7-)12-14(-30) points or lobes. Inflorescences not viscid, pink. Perianth 18-27 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 20-30 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 4-6.5 mm long, the brush 1.5-2 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 20-22 mm long. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.