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Banksia nivea subsp. Morangup (M. Pieroni 94/2)

Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-1.5 m high. Fl. cream-yellow-orange-pink/red-brown, Apr.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.15-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 140-260 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, hairy; petiole 25-35 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided or divided to the midrib, with 45-85 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), pink; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 20-25 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 30-35 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 9-13 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Toodyay.