compar was collected just south of Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia by Robert Brown in August 1802.

integrifolia.,[4] but this arrangement lasted only until 1913, when Frederick Bailey declared the taxon to be a distinct variety of B. integrifolia in his Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants.

[6][7] For many years a montane form of the subspecies was recognised, with differences in leaf shape and fruiting structure, but it was not known whether these were real morphological variations, or simply adaptations to the colder weather at high altitudes.

Endemic to Australia, it occurs along the east coast of Queensland from Brisbane in the south, north to Proserpine.

[3] The Banksia Atlas also recorded "a possible outlier near Bishops Peak, Cardwell" which, if correct, would extend the subspecies' range by about 400 kilometres (250 mi).