Small spreading shrub up to about 1m high. Leaves narrow, linear 12-15mm long, with margins rolled under. Attractive small flower spikes, usually at the end of branches, are cylindrical about 25mm long. When individual brownish coloured flowers are fully open the long yellow hooked styles give the plant its common name. Old seed cones have a gnarled appearance. Grows in deep sand.
Flowering start in August.
Identification
The main flower colour is yellow. Small infloresence size, the smallest of all the banksias.
References
Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas. Wrigley and Fagg
http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1843Created: 21 Apr 2014 - Member - John and Val
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