Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A large bushy often single-stemmed shrub or small tree up to 6m high.
Flowers: Bright orange flowers with prominent hooked styles in dense oblong, cylindrical spikes up to 20cm long and 6cm diameter.
Flowering: April-August.
Fruit: Large woody cylindrical cone with many 1.5-2cm wide follicles, each containing 2 winged seeds. The follicles usually open after fire.
Leaves: Linear, narrow and crowded, 1-2cm long and 1mm wide with revolute margins. The undersides of the leaves are silvery and the leaves have a notched tip.
Habitat: Widespread in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland on sandy soils.
Features: Bright orange cylindrical flower spikes with hooked styles. Narrow, crowded leaves.
Name:
Banksia After Sir Joseph Banks who collected the first specimens in Botany Bay in 1770.
ericifolia From Latin = erica-leaved (referring to its leaves being similar to those of Erica, the European Heath or Heather)
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical, Spike |
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Colour(s) |
Orange |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Cone |
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Colour |
Grey, Brown, Black |
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Other Features |
Woody, Hard |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
Scaly/Corky |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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