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)
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Globular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Cone |
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Colour |
Grey, Black |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Woody |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple, Compound |
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Shape |
Linear, Needle-like |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Toothed/Serrated, |
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Lobed/Divided |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Hard, Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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