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Banksia tenuis var. reptans (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:70 (2007)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or procumbent, non-lignotuberous shrub. Fl. cream, Jul. Sand over clay or laterite, sandy loam.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Prostrate shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 105-165 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, hairy; petiole 55-70 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided or divided only at the apex, divided to the midrib, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 7-18 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), brown; innermost bracts 36-39 mm long, hairy. Perianth 27-33 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 23-34 mm long, straight or curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 14-17 mm long. Flowers in July. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, West Arthur, Woodanilling.