Australian Native Plants

   Banksia anatona


Banksia anatona photo
Banksia anatona (cultivated, labelled as Dryandra anatona) Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.




PLANT FACTS

Other Names
Dryandra anatona

Description
Banksia anatona is a shrub with one main stem and short laterals. It has oval serrated leaves and lemon yellow flowers. Formally known as Dryandra anatona.

Height
to 5 m

Habitat
grows on slopes with silty sand over clay gravel or gravelly shale soils

Distribution
Western Australia.

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Banksia
Species:anatona


Relatives in same Genus
  Banksia burdettii
  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'