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Elkhorn Coneflower

Isopogon alcicornis

Elkhorn Coneflower
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Isopogon alcicornis is a low, hairy shrub from south coast Western Australia, grown mainly for its rounded pink-to-white flower heads in spring. It is best in full sun with excellent drainage and little water once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil, low in nutrients.
Temperature
Tolerates mild to warm conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Western Australia

About

Isopogon alcicornis, commonly known as the elkhorn coneflower, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to part of the South Coast Western Australia. It is a low shrub with pinnately-lobed leaves and oval heads of hairy, white or pink flowers.

Where it grows

Elkhorn coneflower grows in low shrubland on the near Esperance and on Mount Baring near the Cape Arid National Park in the south-west of Western Australia.

Other Isopogon plants

Spider 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 alcicornis 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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