Banksia falcata
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Banksia falcata, commonly known as prickly dryandra,[1] is a species of prickly, column-shaped shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has serrated or pinnatipartite leaves, heads of up to 150 yellow flowers and soft-hairy fruit.
Description
Banksia falcata is a column-shaped shrub that typically grows to a height of Template:Cvt but does not form a lignotuber. It has undulating, serrated to pinnatipartite leaves that are wedge-shaped in outline, Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide on a petiole Template:Cvt long, with between seven and thirteen sharply-pointed teeth on each side. The flowers are borne on a head containing between 110 and 150 flowers in each head. There are linear to narrow lance-shaped involucral bracts Template:Cvt long covered with rusty, woolly hairs at the base of the head. The flowers have a bright yellow perianth Template:Cvt long and a yellow pistil Template:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from September to November or January and the follicles are oval, Template:Cvt long and covered with soft hairs.[2][1]
Taxonomy and naming
This banksia was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in the journal Transactions of the Linnean Society of London and given the name Dryandra falcata.[3] In 2007, Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all the dryandras to the genus Banksia and this species became Banksia falcata.[4][5] The specific epithet (falcata) is a Latin word meaning "falcate" or "shaped like a scythe or sickle".[6]
Distribution and habitat
Banksia falcata grows in kwongan between the Stirling Range and Esperance in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions.[2]
References
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