Banksia saxicola (Grampians Banksia)

Banksia saxicola infructescence, The Grampians, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Kirrily Robert from San Francisco, USA. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Banksia infructescence with open follicles. Very likely Banksia saxicola. Location: The Grampians, Victoria, Australia.

Photograph by Kirrily Robert from San Francisco, USA. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

GRAMPIANS BANKSIA FACTS

distribution map showing range of Banksia saxicola in Australia

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

Common Name
Grampians Banksia

Other Names
Rock Banksia

Description
Grampians Banksia is a shrub to two metres in height or small tree to around five metres in height. The leaves are elongated egg-shaped to about 14 cm long and 3 cm wide. The flower spikes are creamy yellow and about 9 cm in length. the main flowering period is summer to early autumn.

Habitat
grows on slopes and valleys on the ranges

Distribution
Banksia saxicola is found mainly in the Grampians Ranges in the west of Victoria. There is also a population on Wilsons Promontory on south coast of Victoria. The fruit is a woody cone with seeds enclosed in woody follicles.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 5m
Spread: 2m

Wildlife Interest
birds, nectar

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Species:	saxicola
Common Name:	Grampians 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 burdettii
  Banksia caleyi
  Banksia candolleana
  Banksia canei
  Banksia carlinoides
  Banksia chamaephyton
  Banksia coccinea
  Banksia conferta ssp conferta
  Banksia conferta ssp penicillata
  Banksia cuneata
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