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Banksia nobilis subsp. fragrans (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:69 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-2 m high. Fl. yellow-green/pink, Jul to Sep. Lateritic rises.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.6-1.8 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 65-180 mm long, 5-9 mm wide, hairy; petiole 5-15 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 22-32 lobes on each side, the margins flat or recurved. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs) or villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), pink; innermost bracts 13-15 mm long, hairy. Perianth 28-42 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 42-56 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), obovate, 16-19 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow, Dandaragan.