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Proteaceae
Firewood Banksia
Banksia menziesii
Resilience through fire.
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Banksia
- Native to
- Western Australia
- Bloom season
- Fall, Winter
- Type
- evergreen tree
- Height
- 15-30 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- sandy, well-drained, low nutrient
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Named after Archibald Menzies, the Scottish surgeon-botanist who collected it during the Vancouver Expedition in 1791.
- The flower spikes contain up to 1,000 individual flowers and change color from pink at the base to red at the top as they open.
- Aboriginal Noongar people soaked the flower spikes in water to create a sweet drink.
- The woody seed follicles are held tightly shut until fire passes through, then open to release seeds onto the cleared ground.
- Honeyeaters and other nectar-feeding birds visit the flowers constantly, and a single spike can produce several teaspoons of nectar.
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ancient wisdom