Adenanthos detmoldii


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width: 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers, birds
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Adenanthos detmoldii, commonly known as Scott River Jugflower or Yellow Jugflower,[1] is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

It grows as an erect shrub to 4 m (13 ft) in height, with hairy branches and long, narrow leaves up to 80 mm length and about 5 mm wide. The flowers, which appear between August and November, consist of a tubular perianth about 25 mm long, and a style about 40 mm long. The perianth is yellow with an orange throat that becomes brown following pollination.[2]

Cultivation

The species prefers well-drained, light soils in full sun to part shade,[3] though, as its natural occurrence in winter-wet areas would suggest, it is hardier to poor drainage than most Adenanthos species.[1] Naturally a dry-summer plant, it performs unexpectedly well in areas with wet or humid summers, though it is vulnerable to grey mould in such climates. Propagation is by cuttings of semi-mature growth.[3]

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

A. detmoldii was retained in A. sect. Eurylaema in Ernest Charles Nelson's 1978 revision of Adenanthos,[4] and again in his 1995 treatment of the genus for the Flora of Australia series. The placement of A. cuneatus in Nelson's arrangement of Adenanthos may be summarised as follows:[2]

Adenanthos
A. sect. Eurylaema
A. detmoldii
A. barbiger
A. obovatus
A. ×pamela
A. sect. Adenanthos (29 species, 8 subspecies)

This species frequently hybridises with Adenanthos obovatus; the resulting hybrids are known as Adenanthos ×pamela.[2]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-207-17277-3. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Template:Cite encyclopedia
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Adenanthos detmondii". Australian Native Plant Society (Australia). Retrieved on 2010-03-21.
  4. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Nelson 1978

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