''Banksia undata'' var. ''splendens'' is a
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
endemic to
Western Australia.
It was first published by
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in 1996, based on a specimen collected by him two years earlier. The name given was ''Dryandra praemorsa'' var. ''splendens'', the varietal epithet referring to the "splendid" flower heads. In 2007, all ''Dryandra'' species were transferred to ''
Banksia'' by
Austin Mast and
Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named ''
Banksia praemorsa
''Banksia praemorsa'', commonly known as the cut-leaf banksia, is a species of shrub or tree in the plant genus ''Banksia''. It occurs in a few isolated populations on the south coast of Western Australia between Albany and Cape Riche.
Descrip ...
'' (Cut-leaf Banksia), Mast and Thiele chose the new specific epithet "undata"; thus the current name of this variety is ''Banksia undata'' var. ''splendens'' (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele.
It grows in
lateritic
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
loam from
Bannister north to the
Brookton Highway. It flowers from September to October.
It is popular in cultivation, and is favoured by the cut flower trade. There is a pink-flowered form that is especially popular with the cut flower trade.
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undata var. splendens
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