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

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:65 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dense, rounded, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-2.5 m high. Fl. yellow & brown, May or Jul to Oct. Lateritic gravel, sand.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-2.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 120-340 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, hairy; petiole 10-25 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 55-104 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs) or villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow, brown or purple; innermost bracts 15-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 25-30 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 25-32 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), curved-obovate, 13-15 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Busselton, Gnowangerup.