Banksia lanata is a species of shrub that is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia. It has linear leaves, pale cream-coloured flowers in a head with whitish bracts at the base and later up to fifty elliptical follicles in each head.
Banksia lanata is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt with hairy stems but that does not form a lignotuber. It has crowded, linear leaves that are Шаблон:Cvtlong, about Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petioleШаблон:Cvt long and hairy when young. The flowers are arranged in a head Шаблон:Cvt long with woolly-hairy, whitish involucral bracts at the base. The flowers are pale cream-coloured, sometimes pale brown with a purple style and have a hairy perianthШаблон:Cvt long and hooked pistilШаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from October to December or January and the follicles are elliptical, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt high and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Up to fifty follicles form in each head and remain closed until the plant is killed by fire.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Banksia lanata was first formally described in 1981 by Alex George in the journal Nuytsia from specimens he collected east of Eneabba in 1971.[3][4] The specific epithet (lanata) is a Latin word meaning "woolly", referring to the hairs on the bracts.[3]
