Plants → Magnoliophyta → Magnoliopsida → Proteales → Proteaceae Juss. → Banksia L.f. → Banksia purdieana (Diels) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele
Erect, dense, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-2 m high, to 3 m wide. Fl. yellow, Jul to Sep. Sand, clay over laterite.
Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions: Avon Wheatbelt P1, Avon Wheatbelt P2, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Moora, Narembeen, Narrogin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn, York.
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 50-105 mm long, 18-28 mm wide, hairy; petiole 7-25 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 4-7 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 15-18 mm long, hairy. Perianth 22-26 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 25-32 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), ovate, 8-11 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
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