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Banksia ionthocarpa (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:68 (2007)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, to 0.45 m high, to 0.6 m wide. Fl. pink-purple-orange, Sep to Oct. Gravelly loam over spongolite, sandy clay, sandy loam over laterite, granite. Flats, undulating slopes and sandplains, hilltops, breakaways, winter-damp sites.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Brookton, Corrigin, Pingelly, Plantagenet.