List of Adenanthos species Adenanthos species, subspecies and named hybrids
This is a list of Adenanthos species, subspecies and named hybrids. Taxa are listed in alphabetical order, and summary information is provided. For the most recent taxonomic arrangement, see Nelson's taxonomic arrangement of Adenanthos .
Name
Description
Taxonomy
Distribution and habitat
Conservation status[ 1]
Image
Habit[ 2]
Leaf type[ 3]
Flower colour
Published
Section
Range
Soil
Vegetation
A. acanthophyllus (Prickly Woollybush)
Tall shrub, lignotuberous
Holly-like
Dark red to pale pink-red
A.S.George , 1974
A. sect. Adenanthos
Shark Bay
Sand of marine origin
Scrub or heath
A. apiculatus
Prostrate subshrub, non-lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Cream
R.Br. , 1810
A. sect. Adenanthos
Stirling Range to King George Sound and Bremer Bay
Lateritic soils, sand
Scrub or heath
A. argyreus (Little Woollybush)
Small shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Bright red-pink
Diels , 1905
A. sect. Adenanthos
Lake King to Wyallkatchem to Southern Cross
Lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
A. barbiger (Hairy Glandflower)
Small shrub, lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Scarlet
Lindl. , 1839
A. sect. Eurylaema
Toodyay to Manjimup to Augusta
Lateritic gravel
Open forest
A. cacomorphus
Medium shrub, lignotuberous
Laciniate
Bright pink
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Fitzgerald River
Lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
Priority 2 (WA)
A. cuneatus (Coastal Jugflower)
Medium shrub, occasionally a prostrate subshrub, lignotuberous
Laciniate
Crimson
Labill. , 1805
A. sect. Adenanthos
Walpole to Twilight Cove
Sand
Scrub or heath
A. × cunninghamii (Albany Woollybush)
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Dull crimson
Meisn. , 1845
A. sect. Adenanthos
King George Sound
Sand of marine origin
Scrub or heath
Priority 4 (WA)
A. cygnorum (Common Woollybush)
Tall shrub or prostrate subshrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Light pink, cream, or green
Diels , 1905
A. sect. Adenanthos
Kalbarra to Arthur River
Lateritic soils, sand
A. cygnorum subsp. chamaephyton
Prostrate subshrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Light pink, cream, or green
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Mundaring and Chidlow
Lateritic gravel
Open forest
Priority 4 (WA)
A. cygnorum subsp. cygnorum (Common Woollybush)
Tall shrub, occasionally a tree, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Light pink, cream, or green
A. sect. Adenanthos
Kalbarra to Arthur River
Lateritic soils, sand
Open forest, scrub or heath
A. detmoldii (Scott River Jugflower)
Tall shrub, non-lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Yellow and orange/brown
F.Muell. , 1874
A. sect. Eurylaema
Scott River to Whicher Range
Peat and waterlogged soils
Scrub or heath
Priority 4 (WA)
A. dobagii (Fitzgerald Woollybush)
Small shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Cream or pale pink
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Fitzgerald River
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
Endangered (EPBC Act )
Rare (WA)
A. dobsonii
Small shrub, lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Red and/or cream
F.Muell. , 1868
A. sect. Adenanthos
Cape Arid to Israelite Bay
Sand
Scrub or heath
A. drummondii
Small shrub, lignotuberous[ 4]
Laciniate
Scarlet apex, yellow base
Meisn. , 1845
A. sect. Adenanthos
Bullsbrook to Wongan Hills to Three Springs
Lateritic soils
Scrub or heath
A. ellipticus (Oval-leaf Adenanthos)
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Orange-red and cream
A.S.George , 1974
A. sect. Adenanthos
Mount Barren Ranges
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
Vulnerable (EPBC Act )
Rare (WA)
A. eyrei (Toolinna Adenanthos)
Small shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Dark crimson
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Toolinna
Sand of marine origin
Scrub or heath
Endangered (EPBC Act )
Rare (WA)
A. filifolius
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Cream and black
Benth. , 1870
A. sect. Adenanthos
Stirling Range to King George Sound and Bremer Bay
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
Priority 3 (WA)
A. flavidiflorus
Small shrub, lignotuberous
Laciniate
Bright red-pink
F.Muell. , 1859
A. sect. Adenanthos
Bremer Bay to Hyden
Lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
A. forrestii
Medium shrub, lignotuberous
Laciniate
Pale red and cream, or cream
F.Muell. , 1882
A. sect. Adenanthos
Twilight Cove, Toolinna and Israelite Plain
Sand of marine origin
Scrub or heath
A. glabrescens
Small shrub, with or without lignotuber
Entire or lobed
Pink-scarlet and cream
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Lake King to Fitzgerald River to Ravensthorpe
Skeletal soils and lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
A. glabrescens subsp. exasperatus
Small shrub, non-lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Pink-scarlet and cream
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Lake King to Halls Track
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
A. glabrescens subsp. glabrescens
Small shrub, lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Pink-scarlet and cream
A. sect. Adenanthos
Fitzgerald River to Ravensthorpe
Lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
A. gracilipes
Small shrub, lignotuberous
Laciniate
Cream and red-pink
A.S.George , 1974
A. sect. Adenanthos
Johnson Lakes and Frank Hann National Park
Lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
Priority 3 (WA)
A. ileticos (Club-leaf Adenanthos)
Medium shrub, lignotuberous
Laciniate
Pale pink-red
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Esperance to Norseman
Lateritic sand
Open forest, woodland
Priority 4 (WA)
A. labillardierei
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Cream and claret
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Barren Ranges
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
Priority 4 (WA)
A. linearis
Small shrub, non-lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Cream with pink apex
Meisn. , 1856
A. sect. Adenanthos
Stirling Range to King George Sound and Bremer Bay
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
Priority 2 (WA)
A. macropodianus (Kangaroo Island Gland Flower)
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Red-pink
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Kangaroo Island
Lateritic soils, sand
Open forest, scrub or heath
A. meisneri (Prostrate Woollybush)
Medium shrub, lignotuberous
Laciniate
Red-purple or purple
Meisn. , 1845
A. sect. Adenanthos
Swan River to Point D'Entrecasteaux
Sand
Open forest, scrub or heath
A. obovatus (Basket Flower)
Small shrub, lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Scarlet
Labill. , 1805
A. sect. Eurylaema
Gingin to Augusta to Green Range, also Narrogin
Skeletal soils, lateritic sand, peaty sand and waterlogged soils
Open forest, scrub or heath
A. oreophilus (Woollybush)
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Scarlet
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Fitzgerald River area
Lateritic gravel
Scrub or heath
A. × pamela
Medium shrub, lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Orange or light red
E.C.Nelson , 1986
A. sect. Eurylaema
Scott River
Priority 4 (WA)
A. pungens (Spiky Adenanthos)
Medium shrub or prostrate subshrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Pale or dark pink
Meisn. , 1845
A. sect. Adenanthos
Tambellup and Hamella Hill
Skeletal soils and lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
A. pungens subsp. effusus (Sprawling Spiky Adenanthos)
Prostrate subshrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Pale pink
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
Tambellup
Lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
Endangered (EPBC Act )
Rare (WA)
A. pungens subsp. pungens (Spiky Adenanthos)
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Dark pink
A. sect. Adenanthos
Hamella Hill
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
Vulnerable (EPBC Act )
Rare (WA)
A. sericeus (Coastal Woollybush)
Tall shrub, occasionally a tree, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Scarlet
Labill. , 1805
A. sect. Adenanthos
King George Sound to Warriup, Cape Le Grand, Cape Arid
Skeletal soils, and sand of marine origin
Scrub or heath
A. sericeus subsp. sericeus (Coastal Woollybush)
Tall shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Scarlet
A. sect. Adenanthos
Cape Le Grand, Cape Arid
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
A. sericeus subsp. sphalma
Tall shrub, occasionally a tree, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Scarlet
E.C.Nelson , 1978
A. sect. Adenanthos
King George Sound to Warriup
Sand of marine origin
Scrub or heath
A. stictus
Tall shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Crimson
A.S.George , 1974
A. sect. Adenanthos
Watheroo to Coorow
Lateritic sand
Scrub or heath
A. terminalis (Yellow Gland Flower)
Medium shrub, non-lignotuberous
Laciniate
Cream
R.Br. , 1810
A. sect. Adenanthos
Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Adelaide to Little Desert
Lateritic soils, sand
Scrub or heath
A. velutinus (Velvet Woollybush)
Tall shrub, non-lignotuberous[ 5]
Laciniate
Red-purple or purple
Meisn. , 1856
A. sect. Adenanthos
Cranbrook
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
Endangered (EPBC Act )
Rare (WA)
A. venosus
Medium shrub, lignotuberous
Entire or lobed
Dull crimson and cream
Meisn. , 1856
A. sect. Adenanthos
Fitzgerald River
Skeletal soils
Scrub or heath
^ Conservation status under the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is based on the Species Profile and Threats (SPRAT) Database published by the Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities .In Western Australia, legislative protection is afforded only to plants gazetted as "Rare" or "Extinct" under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 , but the Department of Environment and Conservation also define Priority 1, 2, 3 and 4 conservation classes; see Declared Rare and Priority Flora List for definitions. The Western Australian conservation classes given here are sourced from FloraBase , the online plant database of the West Australian Herbarium .
Species within a listed conservation status have not been assigned a class at federal or state level, and may be assumed to be relatively secure.
^ Habit classes used here follow Nelson (1975): 99, Table 5:1 (Life-forms in Adenanthos ), and this is the information source for all entries not otherwise cited. Five forms are recognised: trees, tall (over 2 m) shrubs, medium (1–2 m) shrubs, small (less than 1 m, but not prostrate) shrubs, and prostrate shrubs . Entries also indicate whether the species possesses a lignotuber . Those that do typically have many stems arising from the underground rootstock, resulting in a smaller stature and a mallee habit. Non-lignotuberous species have a single stem, and usually grow fairly erect.
^ Three leaf types are recognised, following Nelson (1975): 92, 94:
"Holly-type" leaves are flat, and divided into spiny lobes. This leaf type is very common in Proteaceae , but occurs in only one Adenanthos species
"Entire of lobed" leaves are flat, with margins that are entire or lobed. These two cases are treated as a single type because it is common for species with lobed leaves to have entire leaves when young, or sporadically produce lobed leaves; and vice versa .
"Laciniate" leaves are deeply divided into many long, thin laciniae . This leaf type is typical of the species known as woollybushes .
The source for this column is Nelson (1975): 92, 94, unless otherwise cited.
^ Nelson (1978a): 332.
^ Nelson (1978b).
References
"FloraBase" . West Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .
Nelson, Ernest Charles (1975). Taxonomy and Ecology of Adenanthos in Southern Australia (PhD thesis). Australian National University.
Nelson, Ernest Charles (1978a). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Adenanthos Proteaceae". Brunonia . 1 (3): 303– 406. doi :10.1071/BRU9780303 .
Nelson, E. Charles (1978b). "Studies in Adenanthos Labill. (Proteaceae) II: The taxonomic status of A. velutina Meisn. reassessed". Glasra . 2 : 57– 69.
"Species Profile and Threats (SPRAT) Database" . Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Australian Government. Retrieved 16 January 2011 .