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Banksia densa A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:65 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, (0.2-)0.6-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jun to Sep. Sand, clay, loam, gravel, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 August 2008
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 55-180 mm long, 8-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 5-18 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, teeth pointing outwards, with 8-14 lobes on each side, the margins recurved or revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 20-25 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 20-32 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), obovate, 9-13 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Kondinin, Plantagenet.