Australian Native Plants

   Banksia burdettii


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

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.




BURDETTS BANKSIA FACTS

Common Name
Burdetts Banksia

Description
Burdett's Banksia is a large shrub or small tree with serrated grey green leaves and large orange or apricot flower spikes about 40cm - 70cm long between January and May.

Height
3m - 6m

Spread
3m - 6m

Habitat
sandplain country

Wildlife Interest
attracts honeyeaters

Distribution
Western Australia

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Banksia
Species:burdettii
Common Name:Burdetts Banksia


Relatives in same Genus
  Banksia anatona
  Banksia carlinoides
  Banksia integrifolia
  Banksia oblongifolia
  Banksia pilostylis
  Banksia polycephala
  Banksia praemorsa
  Banksia robur
  Banksia serrata
  Banksia spinulosa
  Banksia 'Austraflora Yellow Wing'
  Banksia 'Birthday Candles'