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Banksia sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla A.S.George
Ironcap Banksia

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Reference
Nuytsia 3:422 (1981)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Lignotuberous shrub, 1-3 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Mar to May. Lateritic gravel, grey sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 60-105 mm long, 1.2-1.5 mm wide, hairy; petiole 2-3 mm long; lamina flat, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow or brown, hairy. Perianth 46-55 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 58-65 mm long, hooked, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 15-30 mm long. Flowers in March, April or May. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).