Banksia tortifolia

Banksia tortifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia
Series: Banksia ser. Dryandra
Species:
B. tortifolia
Binomial name
Banksia tortifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Dryandra arctotidis (Meisn.)Benth.
  • Dryandra tortifolia Kippist ex Meisn.

Banksia tortifolia is a small, spreading, prostrate shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has short underground stems, pinnatipartite leaves with sharply-pointed, linear lobes on each side, greenish-cream, yellow and pink flowers in heads of about eighty, and glabrous, egg-shaped follicles.

  1. ^ a b "Banksia tortifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 June 2020.