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ACORN BANKSIA FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Acorn Banksia
Other Names
Orange Banksia
Description
The Acorn Banksia is a large shrub or tree with smooth grey bark growing to ten metres in height. The leaves are long and narrow growing to about 25 cm long and 2 cm wide with triangular lobes on the margins making a distinctive saw-toothed edge. It produces acorn-shaped spikes of orange flowers in autumn and winter. The flower buds are woolly white before they open, and open from the bottom of the spike giving the acorn-like appearance. The attractive flowers are popular as cut flowers. The fruit is a woody cone with up to sixty follicles which contain the seed.
Habitat
grows on sand, sandy loam soils in heathland, woodland and forest
Distribution
Acorn Banksia is endemic to Western Australia where it is found on the west coast from Shark Bay in the north, down past Perth to within a couple of hundred kilometres of Albany.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 6 - 10
Spread (m): 3 - 5
Soil Texture: sand, loam, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 350
Flower Colour: white / orange
Flower Season: autumn, winter
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Wildlife Interest
birds, nectar
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Proteales | | Family: | Proteaceae | | Genus: | Banksia | | Species: | prionotes | | Common Name: | Acorn Banksia |
Relatives in same Genus
Banksia aculeata
Banksia aemula
Banksia anatona
Banksia ashbyi
Banksia attenuata
Banksia audax
Banksia baueri
Banksia baxteri
Banksia benthamiana
Banksia blechnifolia
Banksia brownii
Banksia burdettii
Banksia caleyi
Banksia candolleana
Banksia canei
Banksia carlinoides
Banksia chamaephyton
Banksia coccinea
Banksia conferta ssp conferta
Banksia conferta ssp penicillata
Banksia cuneata
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