Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A multi-stemmed spreading shrub up to 2m high with a lignotuber and reddish to grey-brown, smooth bark.
Flowers: Greenish-yellow flowers with straight pale yellow styles, arranged in a short thick spike up to 10cm long.
Flowering: March-July.
Fruit: Large erect woody cone 10-15cm long with many 1.5-2cm wide follicles, each containing 2 winged seeds. The follicles usually open after fire.
Leaves: Obovate to oblong 5-10cm long, irregularly toothed, dark green above and silvery on the underside. There are rusty hairs on underside along the main veins. New growth has a conspicuous covering of rusty hairs.
Habitat: Scattered in drier areas and on rocky ridges throughout heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Rusty hairs on new growth and on underside of mature leaves. Greenish-yellow cylindrical flower spikes.
Name:
Banksia After Sir Joseph Banks who collected the first specimens in Botany Bay in 1770.
oblongifolia From Latin oblongus = oblong (referring to the shape of its leaves).
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical, Spike |
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Colour(s) |
Green, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
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 |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Discolorous |
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Bark |
Smooth |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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