Banksia pteridifolia

Tangled honeypot
Open flowers of Banksia pteridifolia subsp. vernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia
Series: Banksia ser. Dryandra
Species:
B. pteridifolia
Binomial name
Banksia pteridifolia
Synonyms
  • Dryandra pteridifolia R.Br.
  • Dryandra pteridifolia var. blechnifolia Hereman nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Dryandra sp. 'Fitzgerald (M.A.Burgman s.n.)
  • Josephia pteridifolia (R.Br.) Poir.

Banksia pteridifolia, commonly known as tangled honeypot, is a species of shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has short, underground stems, deeply pinnatipartite leaves with sharply-pointed, linear lobes on the sides, creamy white or yellow flowers in heads of about one hundred and later up to five follicles in each head.

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