Banksia Spinulosa by petercp

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jun 20, 2009

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Description

The Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa) is a species of woody shrub, of the genus Banksia in the Proteaceae family, native to eastern Australia. Widely distributed, it is found as an understorey plant in open dry forest or heathland from Victoria to north Queensland, generally on sandstone though sometimes also clay soils. It generally grows as a small shrub to 2 metres (7 ft) in height, though can be a straggly tree to 6 metres (20 ft). It has long narrow leaves with inflorescences which can vary considerably in coloration; while the spikes are gold or less commonly yellowish, the emergent styles may be a wide range of colours–from black, purple, red, orange or yellow. Zoom in for a closer view! Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments on my previous post, and have a nice day.

Comments (22)

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Pippin_Mariane

2:59AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

It is so amazing how Mother Earth is showing up her dresses so to speak, wonderful shot Peter ^¿^

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Amosicho

3:23AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Wonderful shot!!!

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Meisiekind

3:55AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

I have never seen anything like this! Fantastic image and wonderful narrative! Thanks for sharing! :)

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durleybeachbum

4:01AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

What an amazing bloom! This is such a sharp pic, wonderful, you can see how it got its common name!

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Dreamingbee

4:42AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

stunning shot -so fine detailed - and the colors are amazing

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mambo

6:31AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Perfect shot and light's

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CavalierLady

9:42AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

What a fascinating plant! Your detail, light and color are really superb! Excellent capture!

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tennesseecowgirl

11:34AM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Excellent.. and great lighting.

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flora-crassella

12:32PM | Sat, 20 June 2009

what a interesting "thing"! Great photo!

MC-Jay-One

12:38PM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Excellent macro shot, very interesting plant!

lucindawind

1:45PM | Sat, 20 June 2009

what an amazing flower ...beautiful shot !

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MrsRatbag

3:18PM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Oh my, what an unusual bloom! Almost prehistoric...wonderful capture!

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Flint_Hawk

3:54PM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Fascinating & wonderful!

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kgb224

4:29PM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Wonderful capture.

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Lisa.P

6:37PM | Sat, 20 June 2009

Beautiful flower, and im sure it would attract the most spectacular native birds. Great shot!

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Pottaroo

3:45AM | Sun, 21 June 2009

Lovely flower, great macro

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sandra46

6:22AM | Sun, 21 June 2009

superlative!!!!!!!!

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flavia49

7:11AM | Sun, 21 June 2009

wonderful!

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lior

8:04PM | Sun, 21 June 2009

Excellent capture and so wonderful golden colors!

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auntietk

8:55PM | Sun, 21 June 2009

What a fascinating bloom, and gorgeous light!

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helanker

9:02AM | Tue, 23 June 2009

OHHH MYY ! Look at that. It is AMAZING and mighty beautiful. A really brilliant capture.

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danapommet

5:08PM | Wed, 24 June 2009

This is an exceptional capture Peter. Love the color, detail and texture. Looks like a device to store tiny fish hooks. Thanks for the narrative - always ready to learn something new. Dana