DrumsticksBroad-leaf Drumsticks (Isopogon anemonifolius) Narrow-leaf Drumsticks (Isopogon anethifolius)

Drumsticks

The Isopogon anethifolius and Isopogon anemonifolius also commonly known as Drumsticks are related to Grevilleas and Banksias. The name Drumsticks which come from the shape of the fruiting cones.

The shrub is between 1 and 3 metres high, with an upright growth (with mostly vertical stems). It has a taller growth in sheltered areas, being shorter in more exposed areas. The ones depicted found growing in the Blue Mountains escarpments.

The globular shaped flower heads, known as inflorescences, appear at the ends of branches. The flower itself terminate the fairly rigid branches. With leaves that are typical of the Proteaceae family, deeply divided with long, flat segments. They usually are found flowering in spring and early summer (September to December), although can be seen flowering at other times of the year.

There are about 35 known Isopogon species in Australia, with the majority (27 species) found occurring in Western Australia.

Isopogon is from the Greek words isos meaning ‘equal’ and pogon meaning ‘beard’, alluding to the hairy flowers/fruits of some species.


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Tracheophyta
  • Subphylum: Angiospermae
  • Class: Magnoliosida
  • Order: Proteales
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Subfamily: Proeoideae
  • Tribe: Leucadendreae
  • Subtribe: Isopogoninae
  • Genus: Isopogon

DrumsticksBroad-leaf Drumsticks (Isopogon anemonifolius) Narrow-leaf Drumsticks (Isopogon anethifolius)

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