Banksia fuscobractea

Dark-bract banksia
Scientific classification Edit this 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. fuscobractea
Binomial name
Banksia fuscobractea
Synonyms[1]
  • Dryandra fuscobractea A.S.George

Banksia fuscobractea, commonly known as the dark-bract banksia,[2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It has prickly, serrated, wedge-shaped leaves, pale yellow and cream-coloured flowers in heads of up to almost two hundred, and three or four egg-shaped follicles in each head.

  1. ^ a b "Banksia fuscobractea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Approved Conservation Advice for Banksia fuscobractea (Dark-bract Banksia)" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 29 April 2020.