Banksia paludosa subsp. astrolux A.S.George APNI* Description: Many-stemmed shrub to 5 m high without a lignotuber; bark lightly fissured; branchlets rusty tomentose.
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.
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 9–18 mm long, ± widely spaced, sometimes opening when mature but often remaining closed until burnt.
Flowering: May–July.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland on the central tablelands near Hill Top.
NSW subdivisions: CT
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