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Banksia biterax

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

Banksia biterax is a dense, rounded, bushy shrub from southwestern Western Australia, grown for its large spikes of pale to dark brown flowers. It needs good drainage and full sun to thrive.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogged soil.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil low in phosphorus.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost but needs protection from severe cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia biterax is a species of dense shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has hairy stems, deeply serrated leaves and spikes of up to 200 pale to dark brown flowers.

Where it grows

Banksia biterax grows in kwongan and eucalyptus woodland near Busselton and between the Stirling Range and Albany.

Other Banksia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Banksia biterax 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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