Banksia gardneri

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iProstrate Banksia
B. gardneri, unusual black styles near Albany, WA
Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Proteales Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia Section: Banksia sect. Banksia Series: Banksia ser. Prostratae Species: B. gardneri
Binomial name
Banksia gardneri A.S.George

The Prostrate Banksia (Banksia gardneri) is a species of prostrate shrub in the plant genus Banksia. It occurs along the south coast of Western Australia.

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Taxonomy 4 Cultivation 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Description

It is a slow growing prostrate woody shrub with thick horizontal stems and upright broadly roughly triangularly lobed leaves to 40cm high (though usually less) and 2 to 6 cm wide. The furry rusty brown flower spikes are cylindrical with cream, or rarely black styles. Flowering is in late spring. It is lignotuberorous and regenerates by resprouting after fire.

[edit] Distribution and habitat

It grows in sand or gravel between Denmark and Hopetoun.

[edit] Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognised:

• B. g. gardneri
• B. g. hiemalis
• B. g. brevidentata

[edit] Cultivation

• B. g. gardneri is a slow growing shrub though fairly easy to grow. It is less vigorous than Banksia blechnifolia or B. petiolaris.

[edit] References

• George, Alex (1981). "The Genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Nuytsia 3 (3): 239–473.
• George, Alex (1999). “Banksia”, Wilson, Annette (ed.): Flora of Australia: Volume 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study, 175–251. ISBN 0-643-06454-0.
• Taylor, Anne and Hooper, Stephen D. (1988). The Banksia Atlas (Australian Flora and Fauna Series Number 8). Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. ISBN 0-644-07124-9.

[edit] External links

• Banksia gardneri at Flora of Australia Online, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.
• Banksia gardneri at Florabase, Department of Environment and Conservation, Western Australia.