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Banksia rufa subsp. obliquiloba (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:69 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending, lignotuberous shrub, to 1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. Gravelly loam.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 260-365 mm long, 40-60 mm wide, hairy; petiole 130-210 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 8-11 lobes on each side, the margins recurved. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 42-48 mm long, hairy. Perianth 46-48 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 35-42 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 13-16 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Kondinin, Narrogin.