- Pronunciation: BANKS-ee-ah ROW-bah
- Common Name: Swamp Banksia
-
Derivation:
Banksia: for Sir Joseph Banks
robur: L. for hardness - refers to hard Leaves - Type: Shrub
- Family: PROTEACEAE
- Size: 1-3 metres
- Flowers: Green to rusty brown broad cylindrical spikes
- Fruit: Infructescence: woody, up to 100 Follicles with valves 1-1.3 cm across. Opening with fire.
- Vegetation Type: Wet Heath. Plants seen growing in standing Water. Understorey in paperbark woodlands.
- Species List: W2, W1, Bush food, Emu Mt., SBHS, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Peregian Boardwalk, Mooloolaba TAFE, Boreen Point Caravan Park, Pindari Steiner School, Cooroibah26.4.09, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, RE 12.3.13. RE 12.5.9. RE 12.9-10.22., Cranks Creek, Lake Cooroibah West, TAFE, Girraween, Emu Swamp, Marcus Dunes, Noosa River NP, NNS Fern Track, BHNR, Arthur Harrold NR, NNS,, NLTalks2010,
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
Honey Production: dark amber, honey source minor, Pollen source minor.
Bush medicine: Coughs and colds - Nectar syrup drunk
Bush food. Flowers dipped in Water for sweet drinks, or rolled in hands to lick the Nectar.
Seed cones used as hair brushes.
Identification Notes
Broad Leaves
Landscaping Notes
Noosa Council Preferred Species list. Suitable Plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type). Prefer well drained site with ample Water.
Feature foliage
Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery
Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery, Woombye
Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Associated Fauna
Butterfly Nectar Plant:
Bird attracting:
Ground Parrot habitat.
White-cheeked Honeyeater visit for insects and Nectar.
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo visit for Seed.
