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Accession Data:

Banksia serrata L. f.

  • Common Name: Old Man Banksia
  • Family: Proteaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: se Australia

  • Description: This species is distinguished by its gnarled appearance with a short crooked trunk, thick, wrinkled, fire-resistant bark, and leathery, saw-toothed leaves. Large greenish cream flower spikes appear from summer through fall (autumn). Its bristly gray fruiting spikes, with protruding fruit like small noses or chins, gave rise to the common name old man banksia. In the wild in its native southeastern Australia it grows on coastal dunes as well as sandstone ranges, reaching as much as 40 ft (12 m) in height; usually much smaller in cultivation, it is long lived and moderately frost hardy.

  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800145
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 10-01-1998
  • Bench: 2314 - New Zealand/Australia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-26-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Proteales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • SubFamily: Grevilleoideae
  • Tribe: Banksieae
  • SubTribe: Banksiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Non-flying Rodent Pollination (therophily)
  • Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt

References (external):

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, February 09, 2018.
  3. Banksia serrata at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

data regenerated on Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:55:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Banksia serrata

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Current Accessions in the Proteaceae

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Banksieae

  • Banksiinae: Banksia hookeriana
  • Banksiinae: Banksia serrata

Subfamily Grevilleoideae
Tribe Embothrieae

  • Hakeinae: Grevillea leucopteris
  • Hakeinae: Hakea suaveolens
  • Lomatiinae: Lomatia myricoides
  • Stenocarpinae: Stenocarpus sinuatus

Subfamily Proteoideae
Tribe Proteeae

  • Protea cryophila
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea cynaroides
  • Protea neriifolia
  • Protea repens
  • Protea scolymocephala
  • Protea venusta W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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