Honeysuckle Oak or Spider Flower, Desert Grevillea
Coast Banksia, White Honeysuckle
Showy Banksia, Ric-Rac Banksia
Acorn Banksia
Blue Hakea
Hakea elliptica
Straggly Corkbark
Hakea pandanicarpa subsp. crassifolia
Royal Hakea
Banksia coccinea
Hood Leaved Hakea
Kangaroo Island Cone sticks - KI Endemic
Cut-leaf Banksia
Hakea microcarpa
Cayley's Banksia
Grass-leaf hakea
Grass Leaf Hakea
Dryander's grevillea
Firewood Banksia
Grass Leaved Hakea, Cork Tree, Emu Tree
The Desert Banksia (Banksia ornata) is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia which grows up to 3 m tall. It occurs in western Victoria, and in South Australia,
Dense prickly foliage and flowers packed tight as in a cauliflower marks this unusual Hakea. Its not the most attractive Hakea, but one of the more distinctive ones. It grows to about one metre high.
Endemic to Tasmania, with a more open flower than NSW's emblem.
Common, dense, often columnar shrub to 1.5 m tall with serrated leaves 20 - 25cm long.
Erect, rounded shrub, 0.5-2.6 m high. Fl. pink/cream, Sep to Oct. Deep yellow sand, laterite.
Large, open shrub, pin cushion like flowers in a rusty orange colour with tough holly-like leaves.
Tree or shrub (in south coastal areas), 1.5-10 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. yellow-green, Sep to Dec or Jan. White or grey sand, laterite.
Stunted tree or shrub, 1.2-4 m high, with epicormic buds. Fl. yellow-orange, Mar to Jul. Lateritic rocky soils. Sides & hilltopes, breakaway edges.
Most Banksias have flower heads that grow upwards. This one and a few others are unusual in that the flower heads hang down. Grows as an open shrub or a small tree to 5 m in height,
Low growing , dense shrub with tough spikey leaves. Flowers close to leaf base and branches. Growing in gravelly soil.
Erect shrub or tree, to 9 m high. Fl. pink & cream, Mar to Jul. Loam, granite. Outcrops.
A brilliant and familiar site along roads in the Kimberley, NT and N. Qld. Usually grows in sandy soils that may become seasonally wet. May be a tree to 8 or 10m tall or a dense spreading shrub.
Medium size rounded shrub to 2m tall. Leaves wedge shaped, wider towards the tip, with sharply serrated edges. Flower spikes up to 10cm long. Flowers grey-gren in the bud stage,
Non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-3.5 m high. Fl. yellow-green, Sep to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sand, clay loam, gravel, spongolite, laterite. Hills, top of breakaways.
tentative identification
Brilliant big flower heads make this hakea hard to miss; this one was growing by the roadside in sandy soil.Tall shrub to 3 or 4 m tall. Leaves flat, narrow and elongated.
Erect to sprawling, pungent, ?lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-1.5(-3) m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow/pink, May to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand, sandy loam, granitic soils, laterite.
A spreading, sometimes straggling shrub that grows up to about 2m high. Leaf shape is oval, often quite broad, up to 7cm long. The lower leaf surface is covered with a tomentum (covering of short
Flowers that range in colour from white through cream to green grace this erect, much-branched shrub that grows to 1-2.2 m high. Flowering occurs from May to Sep (mainly Jul-Sep).
A lanky, erect, lignotuberous shrub, reaching about 1.5m high. Rounded or oval leaves are crowded along the branches. Flowers are quite large, orange-red with prominent hairy styles.
The plant is extremely variable depending on environmental conditions. Most of the silver banksias in the Upper Barwon Region tend to be shrubs ranging from 1m tall (growing on poor heathy soils) to
Grows as scattered trees on sandy red loam. Small gnarled tree up to 6m tall with thick furrowed corky bark. Leaves divided into sharp pointed lobes, about 10cm long. Sprays of flowers 12cm long,
Small spreading shrub up to about 1m high. Leaves narrow, linear 12-15mm long, with margins rolled under. Attractive small flower spikes, usually at the end of branches,
Leaves that glow in the sunlight crown this royal gem. Grows to 2-3 metres in height. The large stiff leaves enclose a cluster of cream or pinkish flowers. The leaves darken with age.
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