Banksia lanata
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Banksia lanata is a species of shrub that is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia. It has linear leaves, pale cream-coloured flowers in a head with whitish bracts at the base and later up to fifty elliptical follicles in each head.
Description
Banksia lanata is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of Template:Cvt with hairy stems but that does not form a lignotuber. It has crowded, linear leaves that are Template:Cvtlong, about Template:Cvt wide on a petiole Template:Cvt long and hairy when young. The flowers are arranged in a head Template:Cvt long with woolly-hairy, whitish involucral bracts at the base. The flowers are pale cream-coloured, sometimes pale brown with a purple style and have a hairy perianth Template:Cvt long and hooked pistil Template:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from October to December or January and the follicles are elliptical, Template:Cvt long, Template:Cvt high and Template:Cvt wide. Up to fifty follicles form in each head and remain closed until the plant is killed by fire.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Banksia lanata was first formally described in 1981 by Alex George in the journal Nuytsia from specimens he collected east of Eneabba in 1971.[3][4] The specific epithet (lanata) is a Latin word meaning "woolly", referring to the hairs on the bracts.[3]
Distribution and habitat
This banksia is restricted to an area between Arrowsmith Lake, Coomallo Creek and Tathra National Park in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region where it is relatively common.[1][2][3]
Conservation status
Banksia lanata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[1]
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