- Pronunciation: BANKS-ee-ah
- Common Name: Golden Candlesticks
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Derivation:
Banksia: for Sir Joseph Banks
spinulosa: - Type: Shrub, single or multi-stemmed
- Family: PROTEACEAE
- Size: 2 metres
- Flowers: Orange, with maroon or yellow stamens. Summer and autumn.
- Fruit: Infructescence woody, up to 100 folicles, valves 1-1.5 cm across, eventually Glabrous.
- Vegetation Type: Dry Eucalypt Forest
- Species List: Bush food, NLTalks2010, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Noosa Banks, 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.
Identification Notes
Branches whorled.
Leaves narrow to broadly Linear. usually Serrate in upper part.
Landscaping Notes
Noosa Council Preferred Species list ..Suitable Plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type) Medium upright Shrub for well drained soils.
Feature foliage
Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host Plant: Fiery jewel. Very attractive to honey-eating birds.
