Banksia Plagiocarpa

Banksia Plagiocarpa

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Banksia plagiocarpa

From the Proteaceae Family.
Banksia...after Sir Joseph Banks.
plagiocarpa... From Greek plagios, oblique or sideways and carpos, a fruit, referring to the upturned lip on the open follicles of the fruit.

Banksia plagiocarpa is a medium shrub to about 5 metres in height. It was originally collected in the 1860s but remained unnamed and was not collected again until rediscovered in the early 1980s. The leaves are about 100-200 mm long by up to 15 mm wide and are narrowly elliptical in shape with recurved margins which may be entire or serrated.

Found in Far North Queensland – Regarded as rare in the wild.

I found this Banksia at Sailor’s Creek, Cape North Peninsula, Far North Queensland.

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