Banksia gardneri

Banksia gardneri, commonly known as prostrate banksia, is a species of prostrate shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has pinnatipartite or serrated leaves, usually rusty brown flowers, and up to twenty-five elliptical follicles in each fruiting head. It occurs along the west part of the south coast of the state.

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Banksia gardneri is a prostrate shrub that forms a lignotuber and has hairy stems that usually lie on the surface. Its leaves are pinnatipartite or serrated, 100–280 mm (3.9–11.0 in) long and 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) wide on a petiole 40–120 mm (1.6–4.7 in) long, the lobes on the sides triangular to oblong. The flowers are borne on a head 35–100 mm (1.4–3.9 in) long and 40–60 mm (1.6–2.4 in) wide when the flowers open, with hairy involucral bracts 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long at the base of the head. The flowers are usually rusty brown with a cream-coloured style. The perianth is 17–26 mm (0.67–1.02 in) long and the pistil 18–30 mm (0.71–1.18 in) long. Flowering occurs from April to November and up to twenty-five densely hairy, elliptical follicles 23–40 mm (0.91–1.57 in) long, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) high and 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) wide form in each head.