Isopogon dawsonii, commonly known as the Nepean conebush,[1] is a shrub of the family Proteaceae and is endemic eastern to New South Wales. It has pinnate leaves with narrow segments and spherical heads of creamy yellow to greyish white flowers.
Isopogon dawsonii grows as an upright shrub, its height usually ranging between Шаблон:Cvt but can grow to Шаблон:Cvt. The branches are reddish brown, the branchlets and leaves covered with greyish hairs when young. The leaves are pinnate, Шаблон:Cvt long on a petiole up to Шаблон:Cvt long, with segments Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are arranged in more or less spherical, sessile heads Шаблон:Cvt long in diameter with overlapping egg-shaped involucral bracts at the base. The flowers are Шаблон:Cvt long, creamy yellow to greyish white and densely hairy. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is a hairy oval nutШаблон:Cvt long, fused with others in a spherical cone Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[1][2][3][4]
This isopogon can be grown from seed or from cuttings of firm new growth. It will grow in a range of conditions and is drought and frost hardy. It has been used as rootstock for some Western Australian species of isopogon.[4]
