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Banksia cypholoba

Banksia cypholoba is a dwarf, prostrate shrub from Western Australia that spreads low to the ground with fire-tolerant underground stems. It is a native of kwongan heath and suits a sunny, well-drained garden bed rather than a pot.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; Western Australian banksias dislike wet roots, especially in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil with low phosphorus; avoid rich or heavy soils.
Temperature
Mild to warm climates; protect from prolonged frost and extreme heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia cypholoba is a species of dwarf, prostrate shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has pinnatipartite leaves with twenty-five to forty triangular lobes on each side, heads of about sixty brownish and yellow flowers and mostly glabrous follicles.

Where it grows

Banksia cypholoba grows in kwongan or in thick scrub between Arrino and the Alexander Morrison National Park in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region.

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 cypholoba 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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