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Banksia ericifolia subsp. ericifolia

Banksia ericifolia close up of flowers, west of Cornwallis, Waitakere Ranges.<br>Photographer: Jonathan Boow, Licence: All rights reserved.

Seedling. Waitakere.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/10/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Banksia ericifolia var. ericifolia, in cult, Kennedy Bay.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Banksia ericifolia sapling, west of Cornwallis, Waitakere Ranges.<br>Photographer: Jonathan Boow, Licence: All rights reserved.

Banksia ericifolia plants (circled patches) wild in gumland scrub, west of Cornwallis, Waitakere Ranges.<br>Photographer: Jonathan Boow, Licence: All rights reserved.

Banksia ericifolia flowering plant wild in gumland scrub, west of Cornwallis, Waitakere Ranges.<br>Photographer: Jonathan Boow, Licence: All rights reserved.

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Red/Pink, Yellow

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Banksia

Family

Proteaceae

Authority

Banksia ericifolia L.f. subsp. ericifolia

Synonyms

Banksia ericifolia L.f. var. ericifolia

Endemic family

Ecology

Reason for introduction

Horticultural.

Tolerances

Capable of occupying a range of habitats from dune field and estuary through to gumland scrub.

Life cycle and dispersal

Long-lived tree. Reproduces exclusively by seed. Seed is long-lived, held in cones and only released on death of branch or following fire. Dispersed by wind and gravity, however, seedlings most typically establish from carelessly discarded garden waste

Other information

Etymology

banksia: Named after Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (24 February 1743 - 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.

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