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Banksia prolata subsp. archeos (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:69 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

?Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.7-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr to Jun. Rocky quartzite slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 180-245 mm long, 15-20 mm wide, hairy; petiole 20-60 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, teeth pointing outwards, with 6-21 lobes on each side, the margins recurved. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 18-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 27-29 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 32-34 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 8-12 mm long. Flowers in April, May or June. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Recherche.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance.