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Spider Coneflower

Isopogon adenanthoides

Spider Coneflower
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Isopogon adenanthoides is a small erect shrub from the south-west of Western Australia, grown for its spherical heads of pink flowers and sharp trifid leaves. It suits well-drained, sunny sites in mild climates, and is best kept in its native-style heath conditions.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogged soil.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gravelly soil, acidic to neutral; poor soils suit it well.
Temperature
Mild to warm conditions; tolerates light frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Hard
Native range
WSW. Western Australia

About

Isopogon adenanthoides, commonly known as spider coneflower, is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with sharply-pointed, trifid leaves and spherical heads of pink flowers.

Where it grows

Spider coneflower grows in shrubland and heath from near Eneabba and Badgingarra to near Moora in the south-west of Western Australia.

Other Isopogon plants

Elkhorn Coneflower · Broad Leaf Drumsticks · Narrow-leaf Drumsticks · Isopogon asper · Isopogon attenuatus · Isopogon axillaris · Stirling Range Coneflower · Isopogon buxifolius · Horny Cone Bush · Isopogon crithmifolius · Isopogon cuneatus · Nepean Conebush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isopogon adenanthoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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