Family:	Proteaceae
	Distribution:	South Western Australia in various habitats.
	Common Name:	Couch Honeypot
	Derivation of Name:	Dryandra...after Jonas Dryander, a swedish botanist. lindleyana...after John Lindley, an English botanist
	Conservation Status:	Not considered to be at risk in the wild at the species level.

General Description:

Dryandra is a large genus of 135 species in the Protea family. Their nearest relative is the genus Banksia but, unlike the banksias, Dryandra occurs naturally only in Western Australia (Banksia can be found in all states and one species one even extends its range to islands to Australia's north).

Dryandra lindleyana forms part of the "Dryandra nivea complex" and was, until recently, considered to be synonymous with D.nivea. In the recent revision of the genus Dryandra, Alex George has restored D.lindleyana to species status and created six subspecies.

D.lindleyana is a prostrate to low growing shrub often spreading with underground stems. It is fire tolerant, regenerating from an underground lignotuber after fires. The leaves are long and narrow, up to 200 mm long and deeply lobed in triangular segments. The individual small flowers occur in inflorescences containing 35-45 flowers. The inflorescences occur at the ends of branches, are orange-brown in colour and about 50 mm in diameter. The flowers are arranged in a ring and curve towards the central axis leaving a circular hole in the middle. Flowering occurs from mid winter to mid spring.

Various forms of D.lindleyana have been grown for many years as D.nivea. The species is one of the more reliable species in cultivation, particularly in areas without humid, wet summers. All forms are attractive garden plants, particularly for rockeries. Because of the attractive foliage, the species attracts attention even when not in flower.

Propagation from seed is relatively easy and cuttings are also successful.