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Showy Dryandra

Family: Proteaceae

Genus: Banksia

Species: formosa

Main Flower Colour: Yellow

Description

Common, dense, often columnar shrub to 1.5 m tall with serrated leaves 20 - 25cm long.

Identification

The main flower colour is yellow. Banksia formosa, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. It was known as Dryandra formosa until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia.

References

Wildflowers of the Stirling Range

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:315742#tab_gallery

Created: 13 Jan 2015 - Cienne

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Location

Bio Regions

Esperance Plains (ESP)

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