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Banksia sessilis var. cordata (Meisn.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:70 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, to 2.5 m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Jul to Oct. White/grey sand. Coastal limestone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves sessile, alternate, 35-65 mm long, 20-35 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 6-9 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 28-30 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 32-35 mm long, straight, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), ovate, 13-14 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup.