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Banksia prolata subsp. archeos (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

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

?Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.7-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr to Jun. Rocky quartzite slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 180-245 mm long, 15-20 mm wide, hairy; petiole 20-60 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, teeth pointing outwards, with 6-21 lobes on each side, the margins recurved. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 18-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 27-29 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 32-34 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 8-12 mm long. Flowers in April, May or June. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Plantagenet.