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Banksia undata A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele var. undata

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.9-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Laterite, clay, granite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-2.5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves sessile, alternate, 40-95 mm long, 20-50 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 7-15 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow or pink; innermost bracts 15-18 mm long, hairy. Perianth 18-30 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 30-42 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), obovate, 12-15 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Murray, Nedlands, Northam, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wandering, York.