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 3–8 cm long, linear to oblong. Perianth brownish-red to golden yellow
Undersurface of leaves brownish. Leaves linear to oblanceolate, 2–7 cm long, 2–5 mm wide; margins recurved, mostly entire except at the apex. Perianth 20–30 mm long, yellow to golden. Lignotuber absent. Shrub up to 5 m high, single-stemmed at the base. Widespread. DSF. Fl. winter cunninghamiicunninghamii
Undersurface of leaves white or concealed by revolute margins. Lignotuber present. Shrubs up to 2 m high, many-stemmed at the base.