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Banksia quercifolia R.Br.
Oak-leaved Banksia

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:210 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-3 m high. Fl. yellow/orange/brown, Mar to Nov. White-grey or peaty sand. Swamp edges, depressions, seasonally wet flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-2.5 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 60-120 mm long, 25-35 mm wide, hairy; petiole 18-35 mm long; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex or teeth pointing outwards, with 6-8 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow, orange or brown; innermost bracts 6-8 mm long, hairy. Perianth 17-19 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), awned; pistil 18-20 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Denmark, Jerramungup, Manjimup, Plantagenet.