Adenanthos meisneri
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Adenanthos meisneri, commonly known as Prostrate Woollybush
, is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae
. It is endemic to the south-west
of Western Australia
.
It usually grows to 1 metre high and has leaves are up to 80 mm in length and about 7 mm wide. The flowers appear predominantly between September and December in the species' native range. These have a red-purple to pale violet perianth
(up to 30 mm long) and glandular hairs. The style is up to 40 mm long.
The species was first formally described in 1845 by botanist Johann Lehmann
in Plantae Preissianae The type specimen was collected from the foot of the Darling Scarp
by Ludwig Preiss
in 1839.
It is susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi
dieback.
Woollybush
Woollybush, woolly bush or woolly-bush is a common name for plants of the genus Adenanthos with leaves deeply divided into long, soft, slender laciniae, often covered in a fine down of soft hairs...
, is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises about 80 genera with about 1600 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea,...
. It is endemic to the south-west
Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...
of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
It usually grows to 1 metre high and has leaves are up to 80 mm in length and about 7 mm wide. The flowers appear predominantly between September and December in the species' native range. These have a red-purple to pale violet perianth
Perianth
The term perianth has two similar but separate meanings in botany:* In flowering plants, the perianth are the outer, sterile whorls of a flower...
(up to 30 mm long) and glandular hairs. The style is up to 40 mm long.
The species was first formally described in 1845 by botanist Johann Lehmann
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann was a German botanist.Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a doctorate in philosophy from he University of Jena in 1814...
in Plantae Preissianae The type specimen was collected from the foot of the Darling Scarp
Darling Scarp
The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north-south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia...
by Ludwig Preiss
Ludwig Preiss
Johann August Ludwig Preiss was a German-born British botanist and zoologist.Preiss was born in Herzberg am Harz, Germany. He obtained a doctorate, probably at Hamburg, then emigrated to Western Australia...
in 1839.
It is susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi
Phytophthora cinnamomi
Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil-borne water mould that produces an infection which causes a condition in plants called root rot or dieback. The plant pathogen is one of the world's most invasive species and is present in over 70 countries from around the world.- Life cycle and effects on plants :P...
dieback.