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Banksia ashbyi subsp. boreoscaia A.S.George

Reference
Nuytsia 18:54 (2008)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs, not ribbed, not glaucous. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 160-265 mm long, 22-30 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth pointing outwards, with 12-15 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow or orange, hairy. Perianth 20-29 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 20-34 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), elliptic or orbicular. Flowers in May, June, July or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Carnarvon (CAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnarvon, Exmouth.