Isopogon anethifolius

Narrow-leaf Drumsticks

Family:            Proteaceae

Plant:              An erect shrub up to 2m high – taller in sheltered locations.

Flowers:         Yellow hairy flowers in dense globular terminal heads up to 2.5cm across.

Flowering:      September-December.

Fruit:               Nut 2-3mm long, hairy and borne on a globular fruiting cone up to 2.5cm diameter

Leaves:          Much divided into slender 2-3mm diameter segments that point upwards and end in a pointed tip. The leaves are light green, hard, tough and 4-15cm long.

Habitat:           Widespread in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.

Features:       Globular head of yellow flowers. Hard divided leaves with cylindrical segments. The globular cones are persistent.

Name:            

Isopogon        From Greek iso  = one and pogon = beard (referring to its hairy flowers and fruit)

anethifolius    From Latin = Anethum-leaved (referring to its flowers resembling those of the Anethum graveolens or Dill)

Search Criteria

 

Type

Shrub

Flowers

Form

Regular, Globular, Single

 

Colour(s)

Yellow

 

Petal/Sepal No.

Many

 

Flowering Month

9, 10, 11, 12           

Fruit

Type       

Cone

 

Colour

Grey, Black

 

Other Features

Hairy, Woody

Leaves

Arrangement

Alternate

 

Type       

Simple, Compound

 

Shape

Linear, Needle-like

 

Length    

Medium

 

Margins  

Toothed/Serrated,

 

 

Lobed/Divided

 

Attachment

Stalked, Unstalked

 

Other Features

Hard, Tapered-tip

Bark

-

Habitat            

Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland