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Banksia micrantha

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hooked and 19–23 mm (0.75–0.91 in) long. Up to twenty-five egg-shaped to elliptic follicles 23–27 mm (0.91–1.06 in) long 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) high and 20–23 mm (0.79–0.91 in) wide form in each head, surrounded by the remains of the flowers.
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1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The edges of the leaves are tightly rolled under. The flowers are pale yellow and arranged in a spike 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long with hairy
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This banksia is fire tolerant, resprouting from its lignotuber but the follicles also remain closed until after a bushfire, when the follicles open to release the seed.
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to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading bush with sharply-pointed linear leaves, pale yellow flower spikes and up to twenty-five
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grows as a spreading, bushy shrub up to 60 cm (24 in) high and 120 cm (47 in) wide and forms a
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and occurs amongst heath on sand or sand over laterite on the gentle slopes of lateritic hills between
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Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to the south-west of Western Australia
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because of its roughly spherical flower spike. Its closest relative is said to
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surrounded by the remains of the flowers. It was first formally described by
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complex, until officially described in 1981 by Alex George in his monograph
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Australian seeds: a guide to their collection, identification and biology
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is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government
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2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long at the base of the head. The
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Seeds do not require any treatment, and take 19 to 21 days to
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had been recorded since 1938, but considered part of a broad
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Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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Lesueur National Park
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Proteales
Proteaceae
Banksia
Binomial name
A.S.George
endemic
follicles
Alex George
lignotuber
petiole
involucral bracts
perianth
pistil
B. sphaerocarpa
The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)
specific epithet
ancient Greek
Banksia
Oncostylis
Abietinae
cladistic analysis
Kevin Thiele

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