Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Common name: Fern-leaved Banksia

Family: Proteaceae (Protea)

Distribution: NSW, Queensland

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Life form: Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub

Comments: Tongues of honeyeaters, unlike those of nectarivorous birds of other parts of the world, are finely divided into a brush tip. This appears to be particularly well suited to the rapid collection of nectar spread over large surface areas as it often is on Banksia inflorescences.