Western Australia FloraFlora Index Acacia glaucoptera (Flat Wattle) Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Banksia carlinoides Conostylis argentea Daviesia pachyphylla (Ouch Bush) Exocarpos sparteus Gompholobium cyaninum Kingia australis Lechenaultia formosa (Red Leschenaultia) Wurmbea tenella (Eight Nancy)

Banksia carlinoides, common name is Pink Dryandra, and is a species of shrub endemic to Western Australia, with current observations between Geraldton and Gingin, north of Perth. The flowers are creamy-white, tinged with pink.

Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort

The leaves of Banksia carlinoides are narrow, egg-shaped to wedge-shaped, with a some sharply pointed serrations.

Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort

This plant was first formally described in 1848 by Carl Meissner, who gave it the name Dryandra carlinoides and published the description in Lehmann’s Plantae Preissianae. The specific epithet (carlinoides) is a reference to a perceived similarity to plants in the genus Carlina. In 2007 Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all dryandras to the genus Banksia.

Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Banksia carlinoides (Pink Dryandra), Gingin WA © Jean and Fred Hort
  • Scientific Classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Proteanae
  • Order: Proteales
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Genus: Banksia
  • Species: Banksia carlinoides

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs © Jean and Fred Hort
  2. Banksia carlinoides (Meisn.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Banksia carlinoides
  3. Banksia carlinoides (Meisn.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele, Pink Dryandra, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/32623

Western Australia FloraFlora Index Acacia glaucoptera (Flat Wattle) Anigozanthos (Kangaroo Paws) Banksia carlinoides Conostylis argentea Daviesia pachyphylla (Ouch Bush) Exocarpos sparteus Gompholobium cyaninum Kingia australis Lechenaultia formosa (Red Leschenaultia) Wurmbea tenella (Eight Nancy)

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