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

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:67 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, spreading, lignotuberous shrub. Fl. brown-red, Jul to Sep. Sandy loam, white sand.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 2008
1000 km
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Scientific Description

Prostrate shrubs; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 130-290 mm long, 7-14 mm wide, hairy; petiole 25-50 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 10-35 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), white, cream or yellow; innermost bracts 65-75 mm long, hairy. Perianth 43-52 mm long, hairy or glabrous, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 45-58 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 18-19 mm long. Flowers in August or September. 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, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Perth.