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Banksia prionophylla A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Nuytsia 16:475 (2007)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Lignotuberous, branching shrub, to 0.6 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul. Dry grey sand over laterite with surface boulders. Rises.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.50-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 100-185 mm long, 10-20 mm wide, hairy; petiole 6-10 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 17-20 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 20-22 mm long, hairy. Perianth 30-34 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 34-40 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Flowers in July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dandaragan.