Banksia attenuata, commonly known as the candlestick banksia, slender banksia, or biara to the Noongar people, is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. Commonly a tree, it reaches 10 m high, bu
A large tree in Bold Park, Perth. The trunk is characteristically wavy or bent.
A flower spike in early bud stage
An inflorescence halfway through anthesis as the flowers open upwards up the spike
Banksia epica is a shrub that grows on the south coast of Western Australia. A spreading bush with wedge-shaped serrated leaves and large creamy-yellow flower spikes, it grows up to 3½ metres high. It
Inflorescence in early bud
Shrub in Kings Park, Western Australia
Closeup of leaves, with inflorescence in early bud