Banksia Spinulosa seen flowering everywhere on a Bushwalk in Bunyip State Forest on weekend.

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#BanksiaSpinulosa

These gorgeous plants, or ground dwelling shrubs are found in Victoria right through to northern Queensland, normally in open dry forest or heathland.

It’s is the #BanksiaSpinulosa, commonly known as the hairpin banksia.

These ones have been displaying like this for over two months now and their heads are quite woody (internally) with loads of rigid spikes, I guess you’d call them, that grow and form around the circumference.

These will remain as pictured, until early winter I read with interest.

I love the range of subtle colours and the fine detail of these things. Quite dry and firm to the touch.

And they’re growing in abundance, very happily indeed here, in #caulfieldsouth #melbourne #Australia.

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#BanksiaSpinulosa, sometimes referred to the hairpin banksia, is a woody shrub, of the genus #Banksia in the family #Proteaceae.

It’s native to eastern Australia.

Widely distributed, it is usually found in open dry forest or heathland from Victoria to northern Queensland.

These are prolific producers of nectar. Banksias in general, are a vital part of the food chain in the Australian bush. Birds, bats, rats, possums and bees rely on this wonderful food source.

These pictured are adorned with single flower spikes, say 1 centimetre long (1/2 inch) that generally contains hundreds of tightly packed spikes (flowers).

I felt the red one and the spiked section (I think it’s called an ‘axis’) is like a woody mass and the spikes are course and rigid. Not sharp.

I love the yellow ones. Just as much as the occasional red, on this group of shrubs.

📸 - #ormond #Australia

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