Banksia integrifolia L.f., Proteaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 5 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Banksia compar R. Br.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: coast banksia, honeysuckle-oak, white banksia, white bottlebrush, white-honeysuckle

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Tree to 25 m tall, fire tolerant. Bark roughly tessellated. Stems pubescent and pilose, glabrescent, pale brown. Leaves in whorls of 3-5; petiole 4-10 mm long; lamina narrowly obovate to narrowly elliptic, 4-20 cm long, 10-26 mm wide, obtuse or emarginate; margins not or slightly recurved, entire; upper surface dull green, pubescent, glabrescent; lower surface closely white-woolly. Inflorescence 5-12 cm long; involucral bracts 2-10 mm long, tomentose. Flowers pale yellow, including styles. Perianth 22-25 mm long including limb of 3.5-4.5 mm, closely pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Pistil straight or slightly curved, 27-32 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter 0.5-1 mm long, scarcely thickened. Old flowers soon falling. Follicles up to c. 60, narrowly elliptic, 7-15 mm long, 3-10 mm high, 3-6 mm wide; valves semi-elliptic, smooth, tomentose, glabrescent. Seed obovate, 10-20 mm long; seed body ñcuneate, 6-10 mm long, ñsmooth"  (Flora of Australia Online).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  "Widespread along the east coast [of Australia] and inland to the nearby mountains, from Proserpine, Queensland, to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria"  (Flora of Australia Online).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island		Bishop Museum (U.S.A. Hawaii. Honolulu.) (1989) (voucher ID: BISH 514189) Taxon name on voucher: Banksia integrifolia L.f.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Maui Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Starr, Forest/Starr, Kim/Loope, Lloyd L. (2006) (p. 40) East Maui. Vouchers cited: Starr & Starr 050719-1 (BISH), Starr, Starr & Bio 050817-3 (BISH) Cultivated and sparingly naturalized.

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	New South Wales	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Australia Australia (continental)	Australia (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013) Victoria
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Banksia integrifolia, please let us know.