Banksia 'Celia Rosser'

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Banksia 'Celia Rosser'
Species
Banksia canei
Cultivar
'Celia Rosser'
Origin
Wulgulmerang, Victoria

Banksia 'Celia Rosser', also known by its extended cultivar name Banksia canei 'Celia Rosser', is a registered Banksia cultivar. It arose as a chance seedling from a seed extracted from a Banksia canei (Mountain Banksia) cone collected by Alf Salkin at Wulgulmerang, Victoria, the species' type locality. It was registered as a cultivar on 29 March 1978, and named in honour of the botanical illustrator Celia Rosser.

Whereas Banksia canei grows as a shrub up to two metres high, Banksia 'Celia Rosser' had a prostrate form. It also had very deeply lobed leaves compared to its parent species.

Unfortunately, there have been no known extant plants of this cultivar for the past 15 years.

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