Banksia epica A.S.George
- Reference
- Nuytsia 6: 310-312 (1988)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr to Jun. White sand. Coastal limestone cliffs, dunes.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 20-40 mm long, 6-10 mm wide, hairy; petiole 5-7 mm long; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 4-7 lobes on each side, the margins flat or recurved. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow, hairy. Perianth 31-34 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 34-36 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, elliptic, 13-20 mm long. Flowers in April, May or June. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). Conservation code Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Recherche.
- IMCRA Regions
- Eucla.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas.