Banksia baueri

Description

The woolly banksia (Banksia baueri) is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia. It occurs in southwest Western Australia north and east of Albany. It has a distinctively large and hairy looking inflorescence which can be 17 cm high and up to 13 cm wide.Banksia baueri grows as a many-branched spreading shrub reaching 0.5 to 2 m (1.6 to 6.6 ft) high, and 3 m (9.8 ft) wide. Its bark is thin and grey with long fissures, while new growth is covered in fine pale brown fur. New growth occurs in summer. The inflorescence develops over 5–6 months, and can reach 12–13 cm (~7 in) in diameter, and 17 cm high