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Adenanthos cygnorum subsp. chamaephyton E.C.Nelson

Reference
Brunonia 1:364 (1978)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, mat-forming, non-lignotuberous shrub, to 0.3 m high. Fl. white-cream-pink-green/green, Jul or Sep to Dec or Jan. Grey sand, lateritic gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Prostrate shrubs, 0.10-0.70 m high. Leaves alternate, 12-25 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences pink; innermost bracts 2.5-3 mm long; peduncles 1-1.5 mm long. Perianth 17-22 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 28-33 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Flowers in January, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chittering, Collie, Moora, Mundaring, South Perth, Swan, Toodyay, Wanneroo, York.