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Banksia purdieana (Diels) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:69 (2007)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, dense, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-2 m high, to 3 m wide. Fl. yellow, Jul to Sep. Sand, clay over laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 50-105 mm long, 18-28 mm wide, hairy; petiole 7-25 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 4-7 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 15-18 mm long, hairy. Perianth 22-26 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 25-32 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), ovate, 8-11 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Moora, Narembeen, Narrogin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn, York.