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Banksia sclerophylla (Meisn.) 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

Erect, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. White or grey sand over laterite, gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.30-0.40 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 45-105 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, hairy; petiole 2-5 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 10-30 lobes on each side, the margins recurved or revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), cream; innermost bracts 8-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 19-22 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 25-28 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 7-9 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan.