Australian Native Plants

  Banksia burdettii (Burdett's Banksia)


Banksia burdettii photo
Banksia burdettii (cultivated, labelled) Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)



Growth Characteristics information is sourced from: State Flora Catalog, Government of South Australia Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.



BURDETT'S BANKSIA FACTS

distribution map showing range of Banksia burdettii in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Burdett's Banksia

Description
Burdett's Banksia is a large shrub or small tree that normally grows to around four metres in height. The grey green leaves are long and narrow with even triangular serrated margins. The plant produces large orange or apricot flower spikes of flowers between January and May. The flowers are followed by woody fruit cones.

Habitat
grows in sandy soil in sand plain country

Distribution
found north of Perth in south west of Western Australia

Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 3 - 5
Spread (m): 3 - 5
Soil Texture: sand, loam
Soil pH: soils with pH less than 8
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 550
Flower Colour: orange
Flower Season: spring, summer, autumn

(source: SA State Flora Catalog)

Wildlife Interest
attracts honeyeaters

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Banksia
Species:burdettii
Common Name:Burdett's Banksia


Relatives in same Genus
  Banksia aculeata
  Banksia aemula
  Banksia anatona
  Banksia ashbyi
  Banksia attenuata
  Banksia audax
  Banksia baueri
  Banksia baxteri
  Banksia benthamiana
  Banksia blechnifolia
  Banksia brownii
  Banksia caleyi
  Banksia candolleana
  Banksia canei
  Banksia carlinoides
  Banksia chamaephyton
  Banksia coccinea
  Banksia conferta ssp conferta
  Banksia conferta ssp penicillata
  Banksia cuneata
  Banksia dallanneyi
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