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Banksia laevigata subsp. fuscolutea A.S.George

Reference
Nuytsia 3:362 (1981)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Dec or Jan to Feb. Yellow or brown sand, clay loam over gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 100-160 mm long, 10-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 15-28 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 11-15 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow, hairy. Perianth 22-29 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 30-35 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), elliptic, 10-18 mm long. Flowers in January, February or December. 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).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Yilgarn.