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Overview
Banksia baxteri is an openly branched shrub reaching four metres. Stiff mature leaves carry conspicuous triangular lobes, while new growth is softer, hairy and rust-coloured. Lemon-yellow flower heads terminate the branches within a surrounding rosette of leaves. The Australian National Botanic Gardens describes these heads as ovoid; Kings Park emphasizes their rounded, hemispherical form rather than the cylinders familiar in many banksias.
Woody follicles retain seeds in the canopy. Adults lack a lignotuber and are killed by fire, making seedling recruitment important after burning. Kings Park places its wild range near the southern coast of Western Australia, from the Stirling Range towards the Oldfield River, and displays it in its Banksia and Stirling Range gardens.
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Sandy coastal habitats
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- Botanic-garden accountBanksia baxteriResearch access: 2026-10-23
- Botanic-garden accountBanksia baxteriResearch access: 2026-10-23
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