Banksia spinulosa var. collina is a shrub that grows along the east coast of Australia, in Queensland and New South Wales. Commonly known as Hill Banksia or Golden Candlesticks, it is a taxonomic variety of B. spinulosa (hairpin banksia). It is a popular garden plant widely sold in nurseries.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hill 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 cunninghamii
- Banksia neoanglica
- Banksia spinulosa
- Banksia littoralis
- Banksia occidentalis
- Banksia seminuda
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Banksia
- Species
- Banksia collina
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