Banksia ericifolia

BanksiaBanksia Index Banksia ashbyi (Ashby’s Banksia) Banksia baxteri (Baxter’s Banksia) Banksia caleyi (Red Lantern Banksia / Caley’s Banksia) Banksia ericifolia Banksia grandis (Bull Banksia) Banksia integrifolia ssp. integrifolia Banksia media (Southern Plains Banksia) Banksia praemorsa (Cut-leaf Banksia) Banksia prionotes (Acorn Banksia) Banksia quercifolia (Oak-leaved Banksia) Banksia serrata (Saw Tooth Banksia) Banksia spinulosa x ericifolia ‘Giant Candles’

Commonly known as the Heath-Leaved Banksia (Banksia ericifolia) is a shrub that can grow up to 6 m, without lignotuber. The height and shape is governed by its environment. The banksia found along the windy coastal areas, such as the cliffs at Cape Solander are shorter in height to those found in ideal conditions with may be almost like a small tree.

The leaves are 10-20 mm long, fine, crowded and alternate on the stem. The leaves end in short, sharp point, mucronate leaf. Margins revolute, with a tooth each side of the apex, sparsely hirsute above becoming glabrous, tomentose below.

The flowers are a golden-brown to pale yellow, often mauve at the base of perianth, the styles golden, orange or orang-red.

They are found in a wide variety of habitats from deep sand, sandy loam or sand over sandstone, in shrubland and woodland, and sometimes in semi-swampy locations, along and near the Central Coast and on adjacent ranges between Collaroy and Jervis Bay, all the way up to the Upper Blue Mountains, New South Wales.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Charophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Superorder: Proteanae
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Species: Banksia ericifolia
Subspecies:
- Banksia ericifolia L.f. subsp. ericifolia
- Banksia ericifolia subsp. macrantha (A.S.George) A.S.George

Footnote & References

Banksia ericifolia subsp. ericifolia, Australian National Botanic Gardens, https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2002/banksia-ericifolia.html
Banksia ericifolia L.f., Heath-Leaved Banksia, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51299883

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