sentences:  In 1985 these specimens were wrongly attributed to "Dryandra hewardiana" (now "Banksia hewardiana") by Robert Malcolm Sainsbury in his "Field Guide to Dryandras", but it was later recognised as a distinct species, and referred to in FloraBase as Dryandra" sp.25.The type specimen was collected by Alex George on 4 August 1986, from a location on Piawaning Road north-west of Wongan Hills.