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Banksia undata var. splendens (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:71 (2007)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.9-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. Loam, sand, lateritic gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 2-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves sessile, alternate, 60-95 mm long, 25-60 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 10-13 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow or pink; innermost bracts 15-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 35-38 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 45-52 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.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Boddington, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wandering.