Pixie mops

Description

Adenanthos macropodianus has an erect habit, usually growing to metre ft in height although plants as high as 3 metres 10 ft have been recorded. The leaves, which are up to mm in long, are silvery, and deeply lobed into nine or more soft, hairy laciniae about half a millimetre in diameter. The flowers, which appear throughout the year, have a pink to red or rarely yellow perianth and a style up to 30 mm long.The placement of A. macropodianus in Nelson's arrangement of Adenanthos may be summarised as follows: