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Coast Banksia
Banksia integrifolia
-28.5403, 153.552
Field Notes
Description:
Various stages of fruiting of a Banksia.
Habitat:
Sandy coastal fire trail, 50 meters behind the beach.
Last photo shows the habitat.
Notes:
In the early 1900's May Gibbs wrote a story Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the gumnut babies. She based some of the characters and scenery on the plants found in the bushland of Bunbury, Western Australia, where she played as a child. The "big bad" Banksia Men were the villains of the story and were modelled on the appearance of aged Banksia "cones", with follicles for eyes and other facial features. I think every Australian child of my era owned that book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snugglepot_and_Cuddlepie
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 26, 2014
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