Hairpin Banksia

About

A multi-stemmed understorey banksia named among the open-forest shrubs of Royal National Park, valued ecologically as an important pollinator plant across its wide range from Victoria to Queensland.

How to spot it

A lignotuberous shrub 1-3m tall with long, narrow leaves. Cylindrical flower spikes 6-15cm tall in yellow to golden-orange, with distinctive hooked (rather than straight) styles that can be black, maroon, pink or yellow.

Found in

• Royal National Park