Banksia candolleana, commonly known as the propeller banksia, is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has shiny green, deeply serrated leaves with triangular lobes and spikes of golden yellow flowers on short side branches.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Propeller banksia being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Banksia shuttleworthiana
- Banksia stenoprion
- Banksia speciosa
- Banksia obtusa
- Banksia nobilis
- Banksia dallanneyi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Banksia
- Species
- Banksia candolleana
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