This native tree
is commonly known as
red-flowered silky-oak.
Grevillea banksii
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Proteaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Also includes a cream-flowered variety which tends to be taller. Red flowered form reported at Howard.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 29 Fraser Coast localities: Urangan, Sunshine Acres, Pacific Haven, Walligan, Point Vernon, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Takura, Wondunna, Urraween, Duckinwilla, Torquay, Cherwell, Burgowan, Booral, Craignish, Howard, Beelbi Creek, Toogoom, Talegalla Weir, Boompa, Susan River, Burrum Town, Aldershot, Eli Waters, Boonooroo Plains, Walliebum, Tinana, St Mary.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
