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Banksia rufistylis

Banksia rufistylis
Photo: Tyler Anthony, CC BY 4.0

Banksia rufistylis is a column-shaped shrub from south-western Western Australia, growing to about 1.5 m with cream to yellow flower heads and red styles. It is a Banksia from the kwongan heath and woodland, so it needs sun, good drainage and little fertiliser.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional deep watering; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Mild to warm; tolerates frost lightly once established.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Banksia rufistylis is a species of column-shaped shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has linear leaves with sharply-pointed serrations, cream-coloured flowers with a red style arranged in heads of about forty, and egg-shaped follicles with a flattened tip.

Where it grows

Banksia rufistylis grows in kwongan and woodland between the Woodanilling, Nyabing and Tarin Rock districts.

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 rufistylis 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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