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'''''Isopogon''''' is a genus of 35 species of mainly low-growing and prostrate perennial [[shrubs]] in the family [[Proteaceae]] endemic to [[Australia]]. They are found throughout Australia, though [[Western Australia]] 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. They are widely grown as a garden plant. |
'''''Isopogon''''' is a genus of 35 species of mainly low-growing and prostrate perennial [[shrubs]] in the family [[Proteaceae]] endemic to [[Australia]]. They are found throughout Australia, though [[Western Australia]] 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. They are widely grown as a garden plant. |
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*''I. adenanthoides'' |
*''I. adenanthoides'' |
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*''I. alcicornis'' |
*''I. alcicornis'' |
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Isopogon is a genus of 35 species of mainly low-growing and prostrate perennial shrubs in the family Proteaceae endemic to Australia. They are found throughout Australia, though Western Australia 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. They are widely grown as a garden plant.
Classification
They are members of the subfamily Proteoideae (which includes South African genera such as Protea, Leucospermum & Leucadendron), within the Proteaceae.
Species
- I. adenanthoides
- I. alcicornis
- I. anethifolius (Narrow Leaved Drumsticks)
- I. anemonifolius (Broad Leaved Drumsticks)
- I. anemonifolius "Woorikee 2000"
- I. asper
- I. attenuatus
- I. axillaris
- I. baxteri
- I. buxifolius
- I. ceratophyllus (Wild Irishman; Horny Cone Bush)
- I. cuneatus (Drumsticks)
- I. dawsonii (Nepean Cone Bush)
- I. divergens (Spreading Cone Bush)
- I. drummondii
- I. dubius (=roseus) (Rose Cone Bush; Pincushion Rose Bush)
- I. fletcheri
- I. formosus (Rose Cone Flower)
- I. latifolius
- I. linearis
- I. longifolius
- I. menoraifolius
- I. petiolaris
- I. polycephalus (Clustered Cone Flower)
- I. prostratus
- I. scaber
- I. scabriusculus
- I. sphaerocephalus (Drumstick Isopogon)
- I. teretifolius (Nodding Cone Flower)
- I. tridens
- I. trilobus (Barrel Cone Flower)
- I. uncinatus
- I. villosus