Habitat: Heaths, scrub and dry, open forests Season: Various flowering times
Q: How do you get to taste the sweet nectar?
A: Soak the flowers in water in a bark or wooden bowl.
Q: What could you do with a dry cone?
A: Banksia marginata (Silver Banksia) retains the dry flowers on
the cones which some Victorian Aboriginal groups used to strain their drinking
water.
Dried flower of Silver Banksia.
Tool (needle) made from banksia wood and used in the weaving of baskets
and mats.
Made by Wally Mongta 1991.
Australian National Botanic Gardens - Education Service
