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Banksia rufistylis (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:70 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Columnar, non-lignotuberous shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. cream & red, Jul to Aug. Gravelly loam or sand.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 55-125 mm long, 4-10 mm wide, hairy; petiole 15-40 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 5-12 lobes on each side, the margins recurved or revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow, pink or brown; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 14-18 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 18-22 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), ovate, 7-9 mm long. Flowers in July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Katanning, Kent, Wagin, Woodanilling.