Banksia calophylla is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has a fire-tolerant, underground stem, pinnatifid leaves that have woolly hairs on the lower surface and heads of thirty to forty-five yellowish brown flowers surrounded by hairy bracts. Description Banksia calophylla is a shrub with a fire-tolerant underground stem and pinnatifid leaves that are woolly hairy on their lower surface. The leaves are long and wide on a hairy petiole long, with between fifteen and twenty triangular lobes up to long on each side. The flowers are arranged in heads of between thirty and forty-five on the ends of the stems, surrounded by hairy egg-shaped to lance-shaped involucral bracts long. The flowers are scented with a brown perianth long and a cream-coloured pistil long. Taxonomy and naming This species was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Dryandra calophylla and published the description in the supplement to his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (calophylla) is derived from ancient Greek words meaning "beautiful" and "leaf". In 2007 Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all dryandras to the genus Banksia. Distribution and habitat This banksia grows in shrubland and woodland between Tenterden, Albany and Wellstead in the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions. References calophylla Plants described in 1830 Endemic flora of Western Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Taxa named by Kevin Thiele