Banksia petiolaris

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Banksia petiolaris

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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. serrata

Binomial name

Banksia petiolaris
F.Muell.

Banksia petiolaris is one of the prostrate banksias, a group with horizontal stems and thick, leathery upright leaves. Found in sandy soils in the south coastal regions of Western Australia in the vicinity of Esperance. It is nonlignotuberous, regenerating by seed after bushfire.

1 Description
2 Cultivation
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Description

It is a prostrate shrub with thick stems, new growth is covered with orange brown hair. The leathery leaves are upright and are the longest-lived angiosperm leaves so far recorded (up to 13 years for a single leaf!). The inflorescences are yellow and flowering is in late spring.

Banksia petiolaris in bud, cult. Sydney

[edit] Cultivation

In cultivation, though somewhat resistant to dieback, it does require a well drained soil, preferably fairly sandy. It makes an attractive prostrate groundcover. It is tolerant of alkaline soils

[edit] References

George, Alex S. (1981). "The Genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Nuytsia 3 (3): 239–473.
George, Alex S. (1999). "Banksia", in 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; Hopper, Stephen D. (1988). The Banksia Atlas (Australian Flora and Fauna Series Number 8). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-07124-9.
Witkowski ETF, Lamont BB, Walton CS & Radford S (1992). "Leaf Demography, Sclerophylly and Ecophysiology of Two Banksias With Contrasting Leaf Life Spans". Australian Journal Of Botany 40 (6): 849-862.