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Adenanthos cuneatus Labill.
Coastal Jugflower

Reference
Nov.Holl.Pl. 1:28 (1805)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-3(-5) m high. Fl. red/pink, Jan to Dec (mainly Aug-Nov). White, grey or yellow sand. Coastal sand dunes, sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 September 1999
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Scientific Description

Shrubs or prostrate shrubs, 0.5-5 m high. Leaves alternate, 15-30 mm long, 10-15 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, divided only at the apex, entire or shallowly divided, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex or on the surface of the leaf blade. Inflorescences red; innermost bracts 2.5-3 mm long; peduncles 8-11 mm long. Perianth 24-26 mm long, glabrous or hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 30-35 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style hairy. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Katanning, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, South Perth.