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Anigozanthos bicolor Endl. subsp. bicolor

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, perennial, herb, 0.2-0.6 m high. Fl. green&red, Aug to Oct. Grey or black sand, clayey loam, laterite, granite. Granite outcrops, winter-wet swamps.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 June 1994

Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 70-280 mm long, 3-8 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin present, 0.2-0.7 mm long, with at least some small side branches at the base, straight and rigid, diverging outward at around 90° or angled towards the leaf apex; hairs on the surface of the leaf present. Scape present, hairy, 250-635 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-30 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 8-12 mm long; pedicels present, 5-6 mm long; flowers 45-80 mm long. Perianth hairy, bilaterally symmetric, distinctly bicoloured, red and green, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 7-10 mm long. Stamens six, in three levels, in pairs; filaments 2.5-4 mm long; anther 3.7-7.7 mm long, without an appendage. Style 40-65 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

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

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)
Armadale, Beverley, Canning, Chittering, Cranbrook, Gingin, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Northam, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, West Arthur, York.