Isopogon sphaerocephalus, commonly known as drumstick isopogon[1] or Lesueur isopogon,[2] is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear to narrow egg-shaped leaves and spherical heads of hairy white to creamy yellow flowers.
Isopogon sphaerocaphalus is a shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and has hairy brownish young branchlets and hairy young leaves. The leaves are linear to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a small point on the end. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets in sessile, spherical heads Шаблон:Cvt in diameter with hairy, egg-shaped involucral bracts at the base. The flowers are densely hairy, white to pale or creamy yellow and up to Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from July to January and the fruit is a hairy nut, fused with others in a conical to oblong head Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[3][4][5]
Isopogon sphaerocephalus Lindl. subsp. sphaerocephalus, commonly known as "drumstick isopogon";[1]
Isopogon sphaerocephalus subsp. lesueurensis Rye, commonly known as "Lesueur isopogon"[2] has a longer pollen presenter, hairier branchlets and leaves and more crowded, broader leaves than the autonym.[4]
The specific epithet (sphaerocephalus) means "spherical-headed",[8]Шаблон:Rp and lesueurensis refers to Mount Lesueur, where this subspecies occurs.[8]Шаблон:Rp
