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Banksia ionthocarpa subsp. chrysophoenix (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Nuytsia 16:475 (2007)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Lignotuberous shrub, to 0.4 m high. Fl. purple & orange, Oct to Nov. Brown sandy loam, sandy clays, laterite, granite. Undulating sandplains, winter-damp sites.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.30-0.40 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 180-330 mm long, 15-20 mm wide, hairy; petiole 45-95 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 18-36 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 15-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 53-57 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 55-68 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 5-6 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Brookton, Corrigin, Pingelly.