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Banksia nobilis subsp. fragrans (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

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-2 m high. Fl. yellow-green/pink, Jul to Sep. Lateritic rises.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.6-1.8 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 65-180 mm long, 5-9 mm wide, hairy; petiole 5-15 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 22-32 lobes on each side, the margins flat or recurved. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs) or villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), pink; innermost bracts 13-15 mm long, hairy. Perianth 28-42 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 42-56 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), obovate, 16-19 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow, Dandaragan, Plantagenet.