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"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
Species identified by Ernst
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Uploaded Jun 26, 2025. Captured Jan 17, 2022 09:52 in Cox Scrub Conservation Park, Bull Creek Rd, Ashbourne SA 5157, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/16.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO800
  • 89mm