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Banksia viscida (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:71 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Densely branched, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-1 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Jul to Oct. Gravelly soils. Lateritic rises.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.40-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 310-395 mm long, 9-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 30-55 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, with 25-75 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 45-50 mm long, hairy. Perianth 43-46 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 48-55 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), oblong, 15-16 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Kondinin, Lake Grace, Plantagenet.