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Banksia pellaeifolia

Banksia pellaeifolia
Photo: Robert Davis, CC BY 3.0 au

Banksia pellaeifolia is a shrub of the Protea family, endemic to south-west Western Australia, known for deeply divided leaves and fire-tolerant underground stems. Like other banksias in this family, it is a poor choice for most home gardens and is best grown in lean, well-drained soil in a mild climate.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; Banksias from this region dislike wet feet and summer irrigation.
Soil
Lean, sandy or gritty, very well-drained soil low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Mild, subtropical conditions; tolerates light frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia pellaeifolia is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has underground stems, deeply pinnatipartite leaves with twenty to thirty lobes on each side, yellowish-brown flowers in heads of about sixty-five, and egg-shaped follicles.

Where it grows

Banksia pellaeifolia grows in kwongan and is mostly found in the Stirling Range National Park and towards Ongerup.

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 pellaeifolia 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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