Common name:
Banksia

Family name:
Proteaceae

Botanical name:
Banksia spp.

Flowering/fruiting season:
Flowers spring-summer (Flood, 1980:94)

Location:
B. marginata : Dry sclerophyll forests, 'lower slopes and mountain gullies.' (Burbidge & Gray 1976:148)

Use:

• Food
• Flowers were sucked for nectar Banksia spp. (Flood, 1980)

Notes:
'Cob trees' (Wreck Bay Community & Renwick, 2000:53)

Language names:
pirruka : 'Banksia' Monaro (Flood, 1980:359)

Horticulture :
B. ericifolia : Spikes to 30cm long and 6cm diameter in autumn and winter. Propagate from seed or cuttings. Very hardy plant. Use as screen or hedge. Best of the eastern banksia (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:257-58)

Similar species:

• B. ericifolia Heath Banksia
• B. spinulosa Hairpin Banksia
• B. marginata (common in ACT) smaller flower spikes.

Use code:
NEC

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