Isopogon baxteri R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Isopogon

Characteristics

Erect shrub 0.4-1.5 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown to mid-brown, villous. Leaves with petiole to c. 6 mm long; lamina flat, wedge-shaped, often 3-lobed, 1.5-5.5 cm long, villous when immature, glabrescent; lobes variously toothed; each tooth ending in a pungent-point; margins wavy; main veins prominent. Inflorescence depressed-globose, terminal, sessile, sometimes clustered, to c. 30-35 mm diam.; involucral bracts ovate, villous; cone scales linear to linear-lanceolate, villous. Flowers to c. 3.5 cm long, pink, greyish-villous. Pollen presenter c. 5 mm long; basal part clavate, pubescent, constricted above mid-point, then dilated into a minute, globose part; apical part ±glabrous, scarcely swollen except for stigmatic cup. Cones transversely ellipsoidal to globose, to c. 22 mm diam. Nuts ovoid to broadly ovoid, beaked, to c. 3 mm long, villous.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Grows in heath, shrubland or mallee heath, in gravelly sands or loams.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Isopogon baxteri unspecified picture

Distribution

Isopogon baxteri world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Isopogon baxteri threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704560-1
WFO ID wfo-0000732694
COL ID 3QBC2
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Atylus baxteri Isopogon baxteri