Flower has an actinomorphic calyx ( length 9 10 mm, width 7 mm ), made up by five sepals fused together in a tube with five teeths; and a labiate Ovary is superior, with a single white style and a 2-parted stigma.
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Structurally, the flowers of most " Adenanthos " species are radially symmetrical ( " actinomorphic " ); but in the small section " style to flex until it pushes its way out through a slit in the perianth-tube, which bends away from the style.
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Leaves succulent, simple and entire reddish in sunny positions, the basal leaves in rosettes, hairless, spathulate, 3-6 x 1-2 cm, the higher leaves are thinly glandular and spirally arranged . the numerous actinomorphic flowers are greenish or reddish, gathered in a cylindrical panicle.
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It is distinguished from " Ammocharis " ( " i . e . " other species of " Ammocharis " ) by the presence of zygomorphic flowers, as opposed to actinomorphic, and by its seed dispersal mechanism, with a wind blown indehiscent infructescence ( fruiting head ) that gave it its name.
