Accession Data

Banksia serrata

Common Name: Old Man Banksia

Family: Proteaceae

Country of Origin: se Australia

Description: This species is distinguished by its gnarled appearance with a short crooked trunk, thick, wrinkled, fire-resistant bark, and leathery, saw-toothed leaves. Large greenish cream flower spikes appear from summer through fall (autumn). Its bristly gray fruiting spikes, with protruding fruit like small noses or chins, gave rise to the common name old man banksia. In the wild in its native southeastern Australia it grows on coastal dunes as well as sandstone ranges, reaching as much as 40 ft (12 m) in height; usually much smaller in cultivation, it is long lived and moderately frost hardy.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession #: 199800145

Accession Date: 1998-10-01 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2314

Quantity: 1

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eudicots

Order: Proteales

Family: Proteaceae

SubFamily: Grevilleoideae

Tribe: Banksieae

SubTribe: Banksiinae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.
  3. Banksia serrata at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

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