
"Banksia ornata", commonly known as desert banksia, is a species of shrub that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. The Ngarrindjeri people of the Lower Murray region in South Australia know it as yelakut. It has thin bark, serrated, narrow egg-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, cream-coloured flowers in a cylindrical spike, and later, up to fifty follicles in each spike, surrounded by the remains of the flowers.
Similar species: Proteales
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Uploaded Apr 27, 2021. Captured Apr 27, 2021 12:11 in Heysen Trail, Waitpinga SA 5211, Australia.
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