Banksia spinulosa var. collina is a shrub that grows along the east coast of Australia, in Queensland and New South Wales. Commonly known as Hill Banksia or Golden Candlesticks, it is a taxonomic vari
Banksia spinulosa collina Carnarvon Gold
A 1924 watercolour by Alan Forster
A painting of a plant tentatively identified as B. littoralis, but later attributed by George Bentham to B. spinulosa var. collina, was featured in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1831.
Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii, sometimes given species rank as Banksia cunninghamii, is a shrub that grows along the east coast of Australia, in Victoria and New South Wales. It is a fast-growin
Banksia spinulosa var. collina
…or purple styles. Its leaves are broader than those of B. spinulosa var. spinulosa, and usually but not always serrate. It can be distinguished from B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii by its lignotuber and resultant multi-stemmed habit. B. spinulosa var. collina was first published as Banksia collina by Robert Brown in 1810, based…
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In 1830, a colour plate of B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii was featured in Edwards's Botanical Register, but misidentified as B. littoralis (western swamp banksia).