Isopogon is a genus of 35 species of mainly low-growing and prostrate

Prostrate shrub

A prostrate shrub is a woody plant, most of the branches of which lie upon or just under the ground, rather than being held erect as are the branches of most trees and shrubs....

 perennial shrubs 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,...

 endemic to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. They are found throughout Australia, though 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...

 has the greatest variety with 27 of the 35 species found there. They are popularly known as drumsticks due to the shape of their inflorescences.

Several species are grown in gardens, though they are nowhere near as well known or cultivated as their fellow Proteaceae members Grevillea

Grevillea

Grevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to trees...

or Banksia

Banksia

Banksia is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones" and heads. When it comes to size, banksias range from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up...

.

Classification

They are members of the subfamily Proteoideae (which includes South African genera such as Protea

Protea

Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of flowering plants, sometimes also called sugarbushes.-Etymology:...

, Leucospermum

Leucospermum

Leucospermum is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes.They are evergreen shrubs growing to 0.5-5 m tall...

& Leucadendron

Leucadendron

Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos ecoregion and vegetation type.-Description:...

), within the Proteaceae.

Species

• I. adenanthoides
  Isopogon adenanthoides
  Isopogon adenanthoides is a small shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.It is usually between 0.3 and 1 metre high and produces pink to purple flowers between June and October in the species native range....
  
  
• I. alcicornis
• I. anethifolius
  Isopogon anethifolius
  Isopogon anethifolius or Narrow-leaved Drumsticks is a bushy shrub that is endemic to coastal areas near Sydney, Australia and in the ranges to the immediate west.It occurs naturally on sandstone in heathland and dry sclerophyll woodland....
  
  (Narrow-leaved Drumsticks)
• I. anemonifolius
  Isopogon anemonifolius
  Isopogon anemonifolius or Broad-leaved Drumsticks is a shrub that is endemic to eastern New South Wales in Australia. In occurs naturally in woodland, open forest and heathland on sandstone soils....
  
  (Broad-leaved Drumsticks)
  • I. anemonifolius
    Isopogon anemonifolius
    Isopogon anemonifolius or Broad-leaved Drumsticks is a shrub that is endemic to eastern New South Wales in Australia. In occurs naturally in woodland, open forest and heathland on sandstone soils....
    
    "Woorikee 2000"
• I. asper
• I. attenuatus
• I. axillaris
• I. baxteri
• I. buxifolius
• I. ceratophyllus
  Isopogon ceratophyllus
  Isopogon ceratophyllus is a small shrub that is endemic to the coast in Victoria, South Australia and on Flinders Island in Tasmania....
  
  (Wild Irishman; Horny Cone Bush)
• I. cuneatus
  Isopogon cuneatus
  Isopogon cuneatus is a bushy shrub that is endemic to an area around Albany in Western Australia. In occurs naturally in heathland and low woodland....
  
  (Drumsticks)
• I. dawsonii
  Isopogon dawsonii
  Isopogon dawsonii or Nepean Cone Bush is an erect shrub that is endemic to the ranges west of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.In occurs naturally on sandstone in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest....
  
  (Nepean Cone Bush)
• I. divergens (Spreading Cone Bush)
• I. drummondii
• I. dubius (=roseus)
  Isopogon dubius
  Isopogon dubius is a small shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.It is usually between 0.3 and 1.5 metres high and has divided leaves which are 40 to 50 mm in length...
  
  (Rose Cone Bush; Pincushion Rose Bush)
• I. fletcheri
  Isopogon fletcheri
  Isopogon fletcheri is a rare shrub species that is endemic to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia.It grows up to 1.5 metres high and produces greenish-cream flowers in spring and summer....
  
  
• I. formosus
  Isopogon formosus
  Isopogon formosus or Rose Cone Flower is a shrub that is endemic to areas near Albany and Esperance in Western Australia. In occurs naturally in heathland and woodland areas....
  
  (Rose Cone Flower)
• I. latifolius
  Isopogon latifolius
  Isopogon latifolius is a shrub that is endemic to the southwest botanical province of Western Australia. The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1830....
  
  
• I. linearis
• I. longifolius
• I. menoraifolius
• I. petiolaris
• I. polycephalus (Clustered Cone Flower)
• I. prostratus
  Isopogon prostratus
  Isopogon prostratus or the Prostate Cone Bush is a rare prostrate shrub found in south eastern Australia. Usually seen as a heath plant, or in dry open eucalyptus woodland. Often exposed to wind, frost, snow, sun and rain. Soils are usually sandy. Older plants tend to have significant rootstock or...
  
  
• I. scaber
• I. scabriusculus
• I. sphaerocephalus
  Isopogon sphaerocephalus
  Isopogon sphaerocephalus is a small shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.It is usually between 0.5 and 1.5 metres high and produces cream to yellow flowers between July and January in the species native range.The species was first formally described by botanist John Lindley...
  
  (Drumstick Isopogon)
• I. teretifolius (Nodding Cone Flower)
• I. tridens
• I. trilobus
  Isopogon trilobus
  Isopogon trilobus, commonly known as Barrel- or Three-lobed Cone Flower is a shrub that is endemic to south coastal regions of Western Australia. It has distinctive lobed leaves and yellow flowerheads which appear in spring and summer...
  
  (Barrel Cone Flower)
• I. uncinatus
• I. villosus