
Common Name: Hairpin Banksia or Goldern Candlestick
Scientific Name: Banksia spinulosa
Indigenous Use/Other
Flowers dipped in water for sweet drink which was used for coughs and colds. Cones rolled in hands to lick the nectar. Seed cones used as hairbrushes.{
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Butterflies that use this plant
Common Pencilled-blue {List of top 10 Plants for Butterflies in SEQ, H. Schwencke}