Banksia L.f.
Fruit a woody follicle. Flowers in pairs in each bract, Inflorescence usually ovoid or cylindrical >5 cm long . Banksia
Style permanently hooked at the tip
Leaves 10–15 mm long, linear, crowded, truncate or notched at the apex, with closely revolute margins. Spike up to 15 cm long. Perianth orange-red. Fruits scarcely protruding from the spike. Shrub or small tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Widespread except higher Blue Mts Heath and DSF. Ss. Fl. winter–spring ericifolia