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Banksia arctotidis

Banksia arctotidis
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Banksia arctotidis is a low, spreading prostrate shrub from south-western Western Australia, grown for its cream-coloured flower spikes and deeply divided leaves. It needs sharp drainage and full sun, and is best kept in a cool-summer, Mediterranean-style climate.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional deep watering; avoid waterlogged soil.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix, low in phosphorus; acid to neutral.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost once established, protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia arctotidis is a species of prostrate shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has leaves that are pinnately divided to the midrib, cream-coloured flowers and hairy, egg-shaped fruit.

Where it grows

Banksia arctotidis grows on sandy soil in kwongan south from Kojonup and Ongerup through the Stirling Range National Park to near Albany.

Other Banksia plants

Banksia acanthopoda · Prickly Banksia · Banksia acuminata · Wallum Banksia · Banksia alliacea · Cactus Dryandra · Northern Banksia · Yilgarn Dryandra · Banksia archaeocarpa · Banksia armata var. armata · Banksia armata var. ignicida · Prickly Dryandra

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Banksia arctotidis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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