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Banksia sphaerocarpa var. caesia A.S.George

Reference
Nuytsia 3:419 (1981)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Lignotuberous shrub, 1-4 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Jan to Jul or Oct. Lateritic gravel or sandy loam over laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 25-75 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; petiole 2-3 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow, hairy. Perianth 25-28 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 35-43 mm long, hooked, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 8-17 mm long. Flowers in January, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Boyup Brook, Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dumbleyung, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Narrogin, Pingelly, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wickepin, Williams, Woodanilling, Yilgarn, York.