Adenanthos barbiger

Description

Adenanthos barbiger grows as an upright or spreading small shrub, up to m ft in height, often with many stems arising from an underground lignotuber. Young branches are covered in hairs, but these are lost with age. The leaves are long and thin up to 8 cm long but only about mm wide, oval-shaped, and lack a petiole. The flowers, which appear between August and December, consist of a bright red tubular perianth about mm long, covered in silky white hairs; and a style about mm long.