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Banksia chamaephyton A.S.George
Fishbone Banksia

Reference
Nuytsia 3:375-376 (1981)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Low, lignotuberous shrub, to 0.4 m high, up to 2 m wide. Fl. cream & brown, Oct to Dec. Grey or white sand over laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Prostrate shrubs; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 180-460 mm long, 40-120 mm wide, hairy; petiole 50-165 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 9-22 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), cream or pink; innermost bracts 8-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 18-24 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 26-33 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), elliptic, 25-40 mm long. Flowers in October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Three Springs, Victoria Plains.