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Acorn Banksia

Family: Proteaceae

Genus: Banksia

Species: prionotes

Main Flower Colour: Orange

Description

Non-lignotuberous tree or shrub, growing to 10 m high. Flowerheads are cream & orange and a produced from Feb to Aug. Grows in white or grey/yellow sand, sandy loam, brown clay, laterite, granite. Sandplains, sand dunes, undulating slopes.

Identification

The main flower colour is orange. Distributed from Shark Bay, WA, to north of Albany.

References

http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1842

Created: 21 Mar 2014 - John Baas
Updated: 23 Oct 2015 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

Geraldton Sandplains (GES)

Region Specifics

Lesueuer NP. WA

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