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Gippsland Banksia

Banksia croajingolensis

Gippsland banksia is a small, spreading shrub found naturally in only one drainage line in coastal heathland in Victoria, Australia, with fewer than 500 plants known. It is a rare species, so cultivation is mainly for conservation or specialist collections rather than common garden use.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then keep moist but never waterlogged, as it grows in damp drainage-line habitat.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic, sandy or peaty soil, low in phosphorus.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool coastal conditions, protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia croajingolensis, commonly known as the Gippsland banksia, is a species of small shrub that is endemic to a small area in Victoria, Australia. It is known from fewer than 500 plants growing along a single drainage line in the Croajingolong National Park.

Where it grows

Banksia croajingolensis is known to occur only along a single drainage line in coastal heathland above the south bank of Shipwreck Creek in Croajingolong National Park, East Gippsland. About 480 individual plants are known.

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 croajingolensis 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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