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Old man banksia

Banksia serrata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) clivestr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.

Australia	3,069
New South Wales	2,347
Victoria	587
Tasmania	54
Other Territories	46
Queensland	33
New Zealand	4
United States	2
Australian Capital Territory	2
Tasman Region	2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	proteas, lotuses, planes, and allies · Proteales
Family	Protea family · Proteaceae
Genus	Banksias · Banksia

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Plants of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

Practise Old man banksia with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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