Banksia serrata
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Cream, White
Similar taxa
Banksia aemula. “B. aemula closely resembles B. serrata, but the latter can be distinguished by a greyer, not orange-brown, trunk, and adult leaves wider than 2 cm. Inflorescences of B. serrata are generally a duller grey-yellow in colour, and have longer (2–3 mm), more fusiform (spindle-shaped) or cylindrical pollen presenters tipping unopened flowers. In B. serrata the follicles are smaller.” Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_aemula
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Reason for introduction
Horticultural.
Tolerances
Tolerant of very dry drought prone habitats and soils. Appears to be less cold tolerant than B. integrifolia.
Life cycle and dispersal
Long-lived tree. Reproduces exclusively by seed which is long-lived. Seed 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.
serrata: Saw-toothed