Bearded dryandra | |
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Banksia shuttleworthiana at Alexander Morrison National Park, Western Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Banksia |
Subgenus: | Banksia subg. Banksia |
Series: | Banksia ser. Dryandra |
Species: | B. shuttleworthiana
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Binomial name | |
Banksia shuttleworthiana | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Dryandra shuttleworthiana Meisn. |
Banksia shuttleworthiana, commonly known as bearded dryandra,[2] is a species of low, spreading shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has thin, woolly-hairy stems, linear pinnatisect leaves, creamy brown to purplish flowers in heads of about forty and later, only a few egg-shaped follicles in each head.