Australian Native Plants

   Banksia polycephala


Banksia polycephala photo
Banksia polycephala, Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.




PLANT FACTS

Common Name
Many-headed Dryandra

Description
The Many-headed Dryandra is a shrub with narrow serrated leaves and heads of yellow flowers to 4cm in diameter. It used to known as Dryandra polycephala.

Height
3m

Spread
2m

Distribution
endemic to Western Australia

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Banksia
Species:polycephala
Common Name:Many-headed Dryandra


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