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Banksia rufa subsp. flavescens (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

Prostrate, ?lignotuberous shrub, to 0.45 m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Jul to Aug. Sandy loam or sand with gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Prostrate shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 230-410 mm long, 9-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 70-180 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided or divided to the midrib, with 10-20 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 40-65 mm long, hairy. Perianth 36-45 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 43-50 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 13-16 mm long. Flowers in August. 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, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Plantagenet, Yilgarn.