Common name: Coast banksia
Banksia integrifolia L.f. APNI* Description: Tree 5–25 m high, according to exposure of habitat, shoots from epicormic shoots; bark roughly tessellated or fissured; branchlets striate, densely pubescent when young.
Leaves whorled, narrow-obovate to narrow-elliptic, 4–20 cm long, 10–36 mm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire or occasionally with a few short teeth, lower surface white-tomentose, midrib and secondary veins rusty-hairy, becoming glabrous but remaining brownish; petiole 4–10 mm long.
Conflorescences 5–12 cm long. Perianth 22–25 mm long, pale yellow, not persistent. Style ± curved or straight, pale yellow, not persistent.
Follicles many, 8–15 mm long, opening as soon as mature, c. 8–10 months from flowering.
Flowering: Flowers mainly January–June.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, chiefly from coastal sites to the ranges.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. ?Tas.
A variable species, intermediates between the varieties in northern N.S.W. occur mainly between the mountains and the coast. Specimens from the Yetman district (NWP) often have wider, usually toothed leaves and should be regarded as intermediates.
Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the subspecies | |
| 1 | Most adult leaves 17–25 mm wide. Leaves narrow-obovate to narrow-elliptic, usually 4–10 cm long, ± flat, apex obtuse to cuneate, upper surface dull green | subsp. integrifolia |
| Most adult leaves 10–18 mm wide. Leaves usually narrow-obovate to narrow-elliptic, 10–13 cm long, ± undulate, upper surface shiny green | subsp. monticola |
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