| Desert banksia | |
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| Mount Annan Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Banksia |
| Subgenus: | Banksia subg. Banksia |
| Species: | B. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Banksia ornata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Banksia ornata, commonly known as desert banksia,[2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. The Ngarrindjeri people of the Lower Murray region in South Australia know it as yelakut.[3] It has thin bark, serrated, narrow egg-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, cream-coloured flowers in a cylindrical spike, and later, up to fifty follicles in each spike, surrounded by the remains of the flowers.
- ^ a b "Banksia ornata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ Jeanes, Jeff A.; Stajsic, Val. "Banksia ornata". Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Clarke, P.A. (2003). "Twentieth Century Aboriginal Harvesting Practices in the Rural Landscape of the Lower Murray, South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 36 (1): 83–107.