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Banksia menziesii R.Br.
Firewood Banksia

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 36 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub, 1.3-7 m high, usually arising from lignotuber or epicormic buds. Fl. pink/red/yellow, Feb to Oct. White, grey or yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Trees, 2-8 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 140-250 mm long, 18-40 mm wide, hairy; petiole 10-25 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth pointing outwards, with 23-42 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow or red; innermost bracts 6-8 mm long, hairy. Perianth 26-33 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs) or silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 34-42 mm long, curved, style hairy or glabrous. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 25-35 mm long. Flowers in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Bayswater, Belmont, Beverley, Cambridge, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Coorow, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Irwin, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Mandurah, Melville, Murray, Nedlands, Northampton, Perth, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, York.