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Banksia gardneri var. brevidentata

Banksia brevidentata

Banksia gardneri var. brevidentata
Photo: MainlandQuokka, CC BY-SA 3.0

Banksia gardneri var. brevidentata is a low, prostrate shrub from south-west Western Australia, a variety of the wider Banksia gardneri group in the Protea family. It is grown mainly by specialist native plant enthusiasts in mild, free-draining conditions.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained, low-phosphorus soil.
Temperature
10–32 °C; protect from frost and prolonged heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

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Banksia gardneri var. brevidentata is a variety of prostrate shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

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 gardneri var. brevidentata 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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