Family: Proteaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 1.5m high.
Flowers: Yellow flowers in dense globular terminal heads up to 2.5cm across.
Flowering: September-November.
Fruit: Nut, 2-3mm long covered in hairs and borne on a globular fruiting cone up to 2.5cm diameter.
Leaves: Usually deeply divided into 3 segments 3-4mm wide that are again divided and lobed near the tip. The leaves are slightly curved, light green, hard, tough and 5-11cm long,
Habitat: Widespread in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Globular heads of yellow flowers. Hard divided leaves with flat segments. The globular cones are persistent.
Name:
Isopogon From Greek iso = one and pogon = beard (referring to its hairy fruit)
anemonifolius
From Latin = Anemone-leaved (referring to its flowers resembling those of the Anemone)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single, |
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Globular |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, Cream |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11 |
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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 |
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Shape |
Linear |
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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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