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Typically, a multi-stemmed shrub to 3 m tall, bearing a lignotuber. It grows mostly north of Sydney on the central and north coast subdivisions, extending onto the central and northern tablelands. It is widespread in heath and dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, usually on sandy soils and sandstone outcrops but may also occur on other soil types. The leaves are alternate, linear to oblanceolate, to 10 cm long and only 1 cm wide, green to dark green in colour and are toothed uniformly for most of their length. The lower surface is paler and hairy. The inflorescences of banksias are generally referred to as spikes or a spike-like structure that consists of fused racemes of paired flowers (hence it gets referred to as a conflorescence). There can be 100s of flowers in each spike. The flowers of banksias have 4 tepals (petals or sepals) in a tubular formation, 4 anthers hidden inside, and an elongated carpel (female part) where the style and extends outwards forming the edge of the spike (somewhat similar to individual grevillea and hakea flowers). In this species, the spikes are generally 15 cm long (sometimes longer) and about 6 cm wide, with each flower thin but up to 3 cm long, orange to yellow-orange in colour. The styles (female part of the flower) can be a vivid dark red to purple-black and hooked at the apex (very similar to B. spinulosa). The spike then turns into a cone-like structure of follicles; a fruit that splits open on one side. Each follicle has one or two-winged seeds which is actually a fruit in itself called a samara. The follicles can take a long time to mature and open, usually needing a fire. Each “cone” can produce a fair amount of seed with this species having up to 100 follicles per “cone”, each up to 25 mm long. Source: resources.austplants.com.au/plant/banksia-collina/

if you have ever picked cotton you know your probably not smiling....there are prickly things inside that little puff of cotton! I have numerous pics of my relatives just like this....

I love this nostalgia images, it brings back a lot of memories!!!

très belle composition, superbe prise de vue, bonnes fêtes de fin d'année

trove.nla.gov.au/work/12568720 - similar view...looks to be the same occasion... goo.gl/maps/Dv8RQSx7JiLqnA9v8 - Google 'now' view...

This view is likely to be one of those taken by Beaufoy Merlin while working for Holtermann in 1873,