Isopogon mnoraifolius McGill. APNI*
Description: Shrub 40–80 cm high with hairy branchlets.
Leaves 3–8 cm long, undivided part commonly about twice the length of the divided part, ultimate segments curved towards the leaf axis, usually < 10 mm long.
Inflorescences terminal, ± globose. Flowers sessile. Perianth 17–20 mm long, lower half to third glabrous, upper parts densely hairy, creamy-yellow. Fruiting cones ± globose, 15–18 mm diam.
Nuts 2–3 mm long and covered with hairs 5–6 mm long.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in open heath or on the edge of woodland; endemic to the Coaldale district NNW of Grafton and on the coast to the east of Grafton from Angourie south to Minnie Water.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Text by G. J. Harden Taxon concept: D.B. Foreman (1995)
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