Banksia robur

Swamp Banksia

or Large-Leaved Banksia

 

Family:            Proteaceae

Plant:              A multi-stemmed upright shrub usually up to 2m high with a lignotuber.

Flowers:         Pale yellow-green flowers with straight yellow styles and arranged in a short thick cylindrical spikes 10-17cm long. The flower spikes are bluish-green  when in bud and go a dull brown after flowering.

Flowering:      January-July.

Fruit:               Hairy, crowded, woody cones with many 1-2cm wide follicles, each containing 2 winged seeds.

Leaves:          Large, stiff obovate to elliptic leaves 12-30cm long and 5-9cm wide with serrated edges, a prominent yellow mid-vein and the underside white and hairy.

Habitat:           In marshy locations and near creeks in open heathland.

Features:       Large, stiff, serrated leaves with a prominent yellow mid-vein. Yellow-green cylindrical spikes of flowers.

Name:

Banksia          After Sir Joseph Banks who collected the first specimens in Botany Bay in 1770.

robur              From Latin robus = strong (referring to its tough leaves).

Search Criteria

 

Type

Tree, Shrub

Flowers

Form

Cylindrical, Spike

 

Colour(s)

Cream, Green, Yellow

 

Petal/Sepal No.

-

 

Flowering Month

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7     

Fruit

Type       

Cone

 

Colour

Grey, Brown, Black

 

Other Features

Woody, Hard

Leaves

Arrangement

Alternate

 

Type       

Simple

 

Shape

Oval, Spoon

 

Length    

Long

 

Margins  

Toothed/Serrated

 

Attachment

Stalked

 

Other Features

Discolorous

Bark

Smooth

Habitat               

Heathland