Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A large shrub or small tree up to 6m high with a tessellated to smooth grey bark.
Flowers: Pale yellow flowers with straight styles arranged in a short thick spike 4-10cm long and about 5cm diameter.
Flowering: February-July.
Fruit: Large erect grey woody cone with many 1-1.5cm wide follicles, each containing 2 winged seeds.
Leaves: Linear to 2-6cm long and 1cm wide, square tipped with toothed or entire margins. The leaves are arranged alternately and are dark green above, white and downy on the underside. Reticulate veins are conspicuous.
Habitat: Widespread in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Alternate, linear square tipped leaves. Leaves less than 1cm wide, dark green above, white, and downy on the underside. Flowers in short spikes.
Name:
Banksia After Sir Joseph Banks who collected the first specimens in Botany Bay in 1770.
marginata From Latin marginatus = margin (The Spanish botanist Cavanilles used the name to draw attention to its down-curled leaf margins – although this is not a very noticeable feature).
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical, Spike |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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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, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire, Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
Smooth |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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