Common name: Swamp Banksia
Banksia paludosa R.Br. APNI* Description: Many-stemmed shrub, usually <1.5 m high or to 5 m high if without a lignotuber, lignotuber present or absent; bark ± smooth; branchlets rusty tomentose, soon glabrescent.
Leaves whorled or alternate, narrow-lanceolate to narrow-obovate, 4–13 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, apex obtuse with a short mucro, base attenuate, margins entire to toothed, lower surface white-tomentose with midrib and lateral veins yellowish to brown, ± glabrescent; petiole 5–13 mm long.
Conflorescences 7–13 cm long. Perianth 16–20 mm long, golden brown becoming gold after anthesis, persistent. Styles straight except for slight bend near apex, gold to cream, ± persistent.
Follicles up to 60, 9–18 mm long, ± widely spaced, usually remaining closed until burnt.
Flowering: Flowers April–July.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland or heath close to swamps, creeks, or on sandstone ridges; coast and nearby ranges, chiefly from Glen Davis to the Vic. border.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, CT, ST
Other Australian states: ?Vic.
This species rarely hybridises with B. marginata where they grow together.
Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the subspecies | |
| 1 | Shrub to 2 m high, lignotuber present | subsp. paludosa |
| Shrub to 5 m high, lignotuber absent | subsp. astrolux |
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