154 Ashby's Banksia (Banksia ashbyi) - 5″ × 7″ Blank Greeting Card With Envelope

Item Decription

One blank card printed on 300gsm cardstock, with envelope.
125 mm x 178 mm folded. This is essentially 5″ × 7″, which is 127 mm x 178 mm.
The included envelope is 185 mm x 130 mm.

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Botanical Information:

Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banskia
Species: ashbyi

Meaning of name:
Banksia, after Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), an English naturalist and botanist who accompanied (then) Lieutenant James Cook on the Endeavour in 1768–1771, and who did much to bring Australian botany to the European world
ashbyi, after Eric Asby who collected the type form

Banksia ashbyi is the most northern Banksia in Western Australia. There are two subspecies:

• B. ashbyi subsp. boreoscaia from the north grows as a sprawling 2m (6.5 feet) high shrub, and is resistant to fire as it has a lignotuber
• B. ashbyi subsp. ashbyi from the south grows to an 8m (26 feet) tree and lacks a lignotuber, making it susceptible to fire

The orange flower spikes reach 150 mm high by 90 mm wide and appear from September until November. These large and striking flowers make Banksia ashbyi highly desirable, both in the cut flower industry and as an ornamental plant.

This print features in the Banksia Flower Collection 1 triptych collection.