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Banksia idiogenes (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:68 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted, non-lignotuberous shrub, to 0.5(-0.7) m high. Fl. white/cream & red, Aug. Sandy loam over gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.30-0.50 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 260-390 mm long, 12-55 mm wide, hairy; petiole 50-110 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 24-29 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), white or red; innermost bracts 35-40 mm long, hairy. Perianth 40-44 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 35-41 mm long, straight, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 12-13 mm long. Flowers in August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Lake Grace.