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Banksia cynaroides

Banksia cynaroides
Photo: Philippa Nikulinsky, CC BY 3.0 au

Banksia cynaroides is a rigid, erect shrub native to southwestern Western Australia, grown for its large white and gold flower heads. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; keep the root zone barely moist during establishment and let it dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, low-fertility sandy or gritty soil; avoid phosphorus-rich fertilisers.
Temperature
Tolerates mild to warm conditions; protect from frost and prolonged cold, roughly below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia cynaroides is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has crowded, linear, pinnatifid leaves, white and dull golden yellow flowers and few follicles in each head.

Where it grows

Banksia cynaroides grows in kwongan from Pingelly to Woodanilling.

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 cynaroides 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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