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]

Adenanthos meisneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Adenanthos
Section:	Adenanthos sect. Adenanthos
Species:	A. meisneri
Binomial name
Adenanthos meisneri Lehm. ex Meisn.[1]

Description

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.^[2]

Etymology

The 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]