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Adenanthos barbiger (Adenanthos barbiger)

Description

Adenanthos barbiger grows as an upright or spreading small shrub, up to m ft in height, often with many stems arising from an underground lignotuber. Young branches are covered in hairs, but these are lost with age. The leaves are long and thin up to 8 cm long but only about mm wide, oval-shaped, and lack a petiole. The flowers, which appear between August and December, consist of a bright red tubular perianth about mm long, covered in silky white hairs; and a style about mm long.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Adenanthos