Banksia conferta A.S.George

Shrub to 4 m, rather irregular; without lignotuber. Bark roughly tessellated, grey. Stems villous, glabrescent, orange, red or brown. Leaves whorled; petiole 5-10 mm long; lamina somewhat undulate, elliptic to obovate, 3.5-12 cm long, 0.7-4 cm wide, obtuse; margins recurved, entire or serrate; upper surface hirsute and pubescent, glabrescent; lower surface hirsute and white-tomentose, glabrescent on nerves. Inflorescence 7-19 cm long; involucral bracts 10-20 mm long, tomentose, persistent. Flowers crowded, yellowish green to pinkish brown in bud, golden when open; styles pale yellow. Perianth 20-26 mm long including limb of 3-4 mm, closely pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Pistil slightly curved, 22-26 mm long, slender, glabrous; pollen presenter less than 1 mm long, scarcely thickened. Old flowers persistent for several years. Follicles many, commonly more than 100, narrowly elliptic, 8-15 mm long, 2-6 mm high, 3-5 mm wide; valves semi-elliptic, smooth, hirsute, glabrescent where exposed. Seed obovate, 14-17 mm long; seed body lunate, 8-9 mm long, 2-3.5 mm wide, smooth.

Grows on steep rocky slopes (granite and sandstone) in scrub.