- Pronunciation: BANKS-ee-ah ob-long-gee-FOAL-ee-ah
- Common Name: Dwarf Banksia
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Derivation:
Banksia: for Sir Joseph Banks
oblongifolia: oblong Leaves - Type: Shrub, with several stems arising from Lignotuber
- Family: PROTEACEAE
- Size: to 3 metres
- Flowers: yellow, brown, green
- Fruit: Infructesence: woody with up to 80 Follicles, valves 1.3-1.7 cm across, eventually smooth.
- Vegetation Type: Wet Heath. Moist open heathland. Also part of understorey of open forest.
- Species List: W1, Bush food, Emu Mt., Fraser Island, Emu Swamp BHNR Arthur Harrold NR, NNS,
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential: Bush food. Flowers dipped in Water for sweet drinks, or rolled in hands to lick the Nectar. Bush medicine: Coughs and colds - Nectar syrup drunk Seed cones used as hair brushes.
Landscaping Notes
Suitable Plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host Plant: Fiery jewel. Ground Parrot habit.
