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Adenanthos filifolius Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 5:355 (1870)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, (0.2-)0.7-2(-5) m high. Fl. cream-white, May or Sep to Dec. White, grey or black peaty sand, sandy clay. Rocky hillsides (usually granite, sandstone or quartzite).

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.7-5 m high. Leaves alternate, 7-25 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex. Inflorescences white or purple; innermost bracts 4.5-5 mm long; peduncles 2-3 mm long. Perianth 17-18 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 27-28 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Flowers in May, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.