Fishbone banksia | |
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Banksia chamaephyton with rather old flower spike at Alexander Morrison National Park, Western Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Banksia |
Species: | B. chamaephyton
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Binomial name | |
Banksia chamaephyton |
Banksia chamaephyton, commonly known as the fishbone banksia,[2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has prostrate, underground stems, pinnatipartite leaves, cream-coloured and brown flowers arranged in spikes surrounded by hairy bracts. It grows in kwongan near the lower west coast.