| Wongan Dryandra | |
|---|---|
| Banksia bella at Wongan Hills Nature Reserve | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Banksia |
| Subgenus: | Banksia subg. Banksia |
| Series: | Banksia ser. Dryandra |
| Species: | B. bella |
| Binomial name | |
| Banksia bella A.R.Mast and K.R.Thiele |
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Banksia bella, commonly known as the Silver Wongan Dryandra or Wongan Dryandra, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. Unusual amongst dryandras, its foliage is glaucous-grey in colour.
B. bella was known as Dryandra pulchella until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named Banksia pulchella (Teasel Banksia), Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "bella", is from the Latin bellus ("beautiful").