Banksia

The common name of this plant is Prickly Dryandra, and well chosen. I wonder if some Barbed wire makers got ideas from this plant. The leaves are stiff, inflexible and the spikes are sharp! These were just starting to open their flowers. Photo: Jean

The common name of this plant is Prickly Dryandra, and well chosen. I wonder if some Barbed wire makers got ideas from this plant. The leaves are stiff, inflexible and the spikes are sharp! These were just starting to open their flowers. Photo: Jean

Curtis's botanical magazine..London ; New York [etc.] :Academic Press [etc.].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/437780

Western Australia, Australia

Western Australia, Australia