Plant mat-like or procumbent, to 3 m diam. Leaves entire, or serrate only in upper part.
Occurs from near Darkan and the Beaufort R. to Jerramungup, with an outlier farther east towards Ravensthorpe, W.A.
Grows in sand over clay or laterite, in kwongan with emergent mallees.
W.A.: Toompup Rd, 6.1 km S of Gnowangerup-Ongerup road, A.S.George 16676 (PERTH); c. 16 km E of Ongerup, K.Newbey 881 (PERTH); c. 28 km W of Ravensthorpe and 12 km N of the Ravensthorpe-Ongerup road, P.G.Wilson 7130 (PERTH).
c. 54 km S of Williams, W.A., 28 July 1953, R.Melville 4359 & R.D.Royce ; holo: PERTH; iso: HO, K, MEL, NSW.
Since publication of the Flora of Australia the Australian Plant Census accepts A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele's transfer of Dryandra to Banksia in Austral. Syst. Bot. 20: 63-71 (2007). As a result this taxon is treated under Banksia tenuis var. tenuis .
R.M.Sainsbury, Field Guide Dryandra 107 (1985), as Dryandra tenuifolia .
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Cite this profile as: A.S.George. Dryandra tenuifolia var. reptans, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Dryandra%20tenuifolia%20var.%20reptans [Date Accessed: 15 March 2025]