Adenanthos oreophilus, commonly known as woollybush, is a species of tall shrub endemic to southwest Western Australia. It is closely related to the better known A. sericeus, and was only classified as a species distinct from the latter in 1978 by Irish botanist E. Charles Nelson.
Adenanthos oreophilus
Adenanthos sericeus, commonly known as woolly bush, is a shrub native to the south coast of Western Australia. It has bright red but small and obscure flowers, and very soft, deeply divided, hairy leaves.
Adenanthos sericeus
Flowers occur nested within the foliage at the end of a branch.
A single leaf, showing the tri-segmentation into laciniae
Flowers, before (left) and after (right) anthesis