Isopogon attenuatus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Isopogon attenuatus |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
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Isopogon
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attenuatus
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
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Isopogon attenuatus is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong to spatula-shaped or linear leaves and spherical heads of yellow flowers.
Description
Isopogon attenuatus is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–2 m (7.9 in – 6 ft 6.7 in) and has mostly glabrous, brownish branchlets. The leaves are oblong to spatula-shaped or linear, 80–240 mm (3.1–9.4 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide on a petiole about 50 mm (2.0 in) long, with a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are arranged in sessile, more or less spherical heads 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) in diameter. The involucral bracts are egg-shaped, the flowers 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long and creamy yellow to pale yellow. Flowering occurs from September to February and the fruit is a hairy nut, fused in a more or less spherical head about 25 mm (0.98 in) in diameter.
Taxonomy
Isopogon attenuatus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.
Distribution and habitat
This isopogon grows in woodland with a heathy understorey, in scattered population from near Perth to Albany and Mount Manypeaks, in the south-west of Western Australia.
Conservation status
Isopogon attenuatus is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.
