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Banksia splendida subsp. macrocarpa (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:70 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Bushy, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow/orange-red, Jul to Aug. Lateritic gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 45-85 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; petiole 2-5 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), pink; innermost bracts 30-45 mm long, hairy. Perianth 26-30 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 25-30 mm long, straight, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), obovate, 24-25 mm long. Flowers in July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Three Springs.