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Banksia parva (A.S.George) K.R.Thiele

Reference
Nuytsia 30:212 (2019)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.7-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 60-120 mm long, 7-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 10-15 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided or divided to the midrib, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 8-16 lobes on each side, the margins recurved. Inflorescences silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 15-18 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 16-25 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), obovate, 9-13 mm long. Flowers in June, July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Gnowangerup, Kent, Plantagenet.