Meisner's banksia | |
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Flower spike in Helms Arboretum north of Esperance | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Banksia |
Subgenus: | Banksia subg. Banksia |
Species: | B. meisneri
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Binomial name | |
Banksia meisneri | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Banksia meisneri, commonly known as Meisner's banksia,[2] is a shrub that is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It has crowded, more or less linear leaves and in winter and spring, spikes of golden brown flowers followed by furry fruit which usually only open after fire.