Adenanthos pungens

The species may be prostrate or erect in habit. The stiff, prickly and terete leaves are 30 mm in length and 1 to 2 mm in diameter. The flowers appear in clusters at the ends of the branchlets. These have a 30 mm long perianth which is either pale pink and cream or deeper pink. Styles are about 40 mm long, with or without hairs at the tips.{{Flora of Australia Online | name = Adenanthos pungens Meisn. | id = 45051}}

The species was first formally described in 1845 in Plantae Preissianae by Carl Meissner.

There are two recognised subspecies:

• A. pungens subsp. effusus - erect habit with dark pink flowers.
• A. pungens subsp. pungens - prostrate habit with pale pink flowers.

Both subspecies are highly susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback.{{cite web | url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/23925ac2-8fda-4036-aa56-5451f5d8b06d/files/appendix4.pdf | title=Part 2, Appendix 4: The responses of native Australian plant species to Phytophthora cinnamomi | publisher=Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government | work=Management of Phytophthora cinnamomi for Biodiversity Conservation in Australia | access-date=12 February 2015 | year=2006 | format=PDF}}

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• {{Flora of Australia Online|name=Adenanthos pungens Meisn.}}
• {{FloraBase|name=Adenanthos pungens Meisn.}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Adenanthos+pungens|title= Adenanthos pungens |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}

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pungens

Category:Endemic flora of Southwest Australia

Category:Eudicots of Western Australia

Category:Taxa named by Carl Meissner

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