Banksia pulchella

Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to the south west of Western Australia

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|name = Teasel banksia
|image = Banksia pulchella. jpg
|image caption = Banksia pulchella, in Kings Park
|taxon = Banksia pulchella
|authority = R. Br. |synonyms ref = is a species of small shrub that is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It has smooth grey bark, linear leaves and golden brown flowers in short, cylindrical heads and inconspicuous follicles.

Banksia pulchella is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has smooth grey bark but does not form a lignotuber. The leaves are narrow linear, long and about wide on a petiole long. The leaves have a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are golden brown with bright yellow styles and are arranged in short cylindrical heads long and wide at flowering. There are small involucral bracts at the base of the head but that fall off as the flowers develop. The perianth is long and the pistil long and hooked. Flowering occurs in January, March or May to October. The follicles are long, up to high and wide and inconspicuous, although the old flowers fall from the head.

Banksia pulchella was first formally described by Robert Brown who published the description in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Brown's specimens were collected at locations along the south coast of Western Australia, but in 1981, Alex George chose the specimens that Brown collected at Lucky Bay as the lectotype. The specific epithet (pulchella) is from the Latin pulchellus meaning "pretty", probably referring to the flowers.

Teasel banksia grows in tall shrubland and kwongan and occurs on the south coast of Western Australia from Culham Inlet in the Fitzgerald River National Park and east to Israelite Bay.