Banksia telmatiaea A.S.George
Swamp Fox Banksia
- Reference
- Nuytsia 3:436-440 (1981)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. yellow-orange/brown, Apr to Aug or Oct. Grey sand, sandy clay. Winter-wet areas, swamps.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 15-55 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; petiole 1.5-3 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow or brown, hairy. Perianth 18-25 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 23-34 mm long, hooked, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), elliptic, 12-20 mm long. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Belmont, Canning, Carnamah, Chittering, Cockburn, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Wandering.