Basketflower

Member - John and Val — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 03:11:00 GMT

A lanky, erect, lignotuberous shrub, reaching about 1.5m high. Rounded or oval leaves are crowded along the branches. Flowers are quite large, orange-red with prominent hairy styles. Grows in white or grey sand, gravel, loam on consolidated sand dunes, swamps and winter-wet depressions. The shrub regenerates after bushfire by resprouting from its underground lignotuber. Pollinators include honeyeaters, particularly the Western Spinebill, which can access the nectar with its long curved bill, and the Silvereye, which punctures the flower tube.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Adenanthos Species: obovatus Main Flower Colour: Red

Proteaceae Adenanthos obovatus Wildflowers

Basketflower