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Banksia erythrocephala var. inopinata (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

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

Prickly, erect, lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr. White sand over laterite, gravelly clay.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 70-110 mm long, 7-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 20-40 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 3-8 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 20-23 mm long, hairy. Perianth 27-30 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 28-30 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), ovate, 8-11 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June or July. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Wickepin.