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Banksia arborea (C.A.Gardner) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele
Yilgarn Dryandra

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:66 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub (large), 2-8 m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to May or Sep to Oct. Stony loam. Ironstone hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Trees, 3-6 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 30-60 mm long, 14-22 mm wide, hairy; petiole 3-7 mm long; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth pointing outwards, with 3-6 lobes on each side, the margins flat or recurved. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), cream or yellow; innermost bracts 11-15 mm long, hairy. Perianth 20-26 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), without awns; pistil 28-32 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 8-15 mm long. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Merredin, Perth, Southern Cross, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dowerin, Menzies, Perth, Yilgarn.