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

Reference
Nuytsia 16(2):475 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, to 1.5 m high. Yellow-grey sandy gravel over laterite or gravelly loam. Slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 290-370 mm long, 10-30 mm wide, hairy; petiole 150-200 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 6-10 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), cream or yellow; innermost bracts 45-65 mm long, hairy. Perianth 45-53 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 45-65 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 9-12 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Kent, Wagin, Wickepin.