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Banksia hookeriana Meisn.
Hooker's Banksia

Reference
Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:119 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Much-branched, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.5-3 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Apr to Oct. White, grey or yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 90-160 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, hairy; petiole 15-25 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, teeth pointing outwards, with 26-36 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow or orange; innermost bracts 12-16 mm long, hairy. Perianth 32-36 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 39-43 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 18-20 mm long. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) or Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Irwin, Stirling, Three Springs.