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Banksia oblongifoliafern-leaved banksia. Many of the UC Bot Garden banksias were killed in a hard freeze in 1990, fortunately a rare occurence in the cities bordering San Francisco Bay. This banksia entered the collection in the first years of the 21st century. Photographed at University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Lake St Clair, Tasmania, Australia
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Lake St Clair, Tasmania, Australia
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Named from the Greek for "connection, union"; refers to the membrane connecting the filament of the upper sterile anther to the stigma. The name was first published in 1810, devised by
Robert Brown a botanist who explored Australia with
Matthew Flinders. Their are approximately 75+ Synaphea species endemic to Western Australia all with similar yellow flowers. They are hard to identify and require a flower to assist.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia