A great bird attracting plant. It naturally grows on the east coast of Australia. It varies in height from 2 to 7 metres tall.

 

It was one of the original Banksia species collected by Joseph Banks at Botany Bay in 1770. 

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Like other Banksias they have dense clusters of short lateral rootlets that form a mat in the soil, just below the leaf litter.

 

These are called proteoid roots and help the plant to increase its nutrient uptake in poor soils with little phosphorus.