Banksia repens Labill.

Shrub with fire-tolerant underground, velvety stems. Leaves scattered, erect; petiole 5-15 cm long; lamina pinnatipartite, 18-40 cm long, to 18 cm wide; lobes ±cuneate, truncate; margins flat, obtusely dentate; both surfaces tomentose, glabrescent except pits in lower surface. Inflorescence commonly arising well beyond leaves, 6-10 cm long; involucral bracts tomentose. Flowers cream and pink; styles pale pink or cream. Perianth 26-29 mm long including limb of 2.5-3 mm, hirsute outside including limb, glabrous inside. Pistil 28-33 mm long, gently upcurved, glabrous; pollen presenter slightly swollen, 0.5 mm long. Old flowers persistent. Follicles few, elliptic, 20-40 mm long, 10-30 mm high, 12-15 mm wide, tomentose. Seed obovate, 30-40 mm long; seed body cuneate, 14-17 mm long and wide, smooth inside, pitted outside.

Grows in sand or sandy loam, sometimes with gravel, in kwongan; sometimes on coastal dunes.