Banksia L.f.

	Banksia ashbyi Photo: D. Greig © Australian National Botanic Gardens

bottle-brush

bottle-brush, bird's nest

Banksia ashbyi Bak. f.

B. baxteri R. Br.

B. burdettii Bak. f.

B. coccinea R. Br.

B. hookeriana Meissn.

B. menziesii R. Br.

B. prionotes Lindl.

B. victoriae Meissn.

possibly others.

Australia, New Guinea.

Woody stems bearing long, leathery, linear to linear-oblong, usually distinctively lobed or toothed leaves; cone-like (or head-like) cylindrical spikes of many densely packed, irregular, elongate flowers; perianth tube short; 4 slender perianth segments, each bearing 1 stamen at its tip; 1 style, extended in opened flowers, giving spike a bottlebrush appearance.

Leaves variously shaped, often linear-oblong, to 30 cm long, and leaf margins frequently spiny and deeply, regularly toothed; spikes to 20 cm long, yellow, orange, red, or green.

Zimbabwe.