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Adenanthos meisneri
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.[2] DescriptionIt 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.[2] EtymologyThe species was first formally described in 1845 by botanist Johann Lehmann in Plantae Preissianae[1] The type specimen was collected from the foot of the Darling Scarp by Ludwig Preiss in 1839.[1] It is susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback.[3] References
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