Isopogon attenuatus

Isopogon attenuatus is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong to spatula-shaped or linear leaves and spherical heads of yellow flowers.

Description

Isopogon attenuatus is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has mostly glabrous, brownish branchlets. The leaves are oblong to spatula-shaped or linear, long and wide on a petiole about long, with a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are arranged in sessile, more or less spherical heads in diameter. The involucral bracts are egg-shaped, the flowers long and creamy yellow to pale yellow. Flowering occurs from September to February and the fruit is a hairy nut, fused in a more or less spherical head about in diameter.

Taxonomy

Isopogon attenuatus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.

Distribution and habitat

This isopogon grows in woodland with a heathy understorey, in scattered population from near Perth to Albany and Mount Manypeaks, in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Isopogon attenuatus is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.