Banksia laevigata subsp. laevigata

Banksia laevigata subsp. laevigata

taxobox
name = Tennis Ball Banksia


image_caption = "B. laevigata" subsp. "laevigata", cult. Banksia Farm
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Banksia"
species = "B. laevigata"
subspecies = ""'B. laevigata" subsp. "laevigata"
trinomial = "Banksia laevigata" Meisn. subsp. "laevigata"|

The Tennis Ball Banksia ("Banksia laevigata" subsp. "laevigata") is a subspecies of small woody shrub in the plant genus "Banksia". It occurs in Western Australia's semi-arid shrubland.

Description

The Tennis Ball banksia is a shrub to 3.5 metres high with grey, flaky bark. The inflorescences occur in spring and are oval in shape and a greenish yellow in colour.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in shrubland on rocky soil along the lower Fitzgerald River and in the Ravensthorpe Ranges in inland southern Western Australia.

References

*The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)
*cite book|author=George, Alex|year=1999|chapter=Banksia|editor=Wilson, Annette (ed.)|title=Flora of Australia: Volume 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra|pages=175–251|publisher=CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study|id=ISBN 0-643-06454-0
*The Banksia Atlas


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