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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 Jul 27, 2025. Captured Oct 18, 2021 18:59 in 9GF7+9Q Waitpinga SA, Australia.