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Banksia Erythrocephala
''Banksia erythrocephala'' is a species of prickly shrub that is Endemism, endemic to Western Australia. It has erect stems, sharply pointed wikt:pinnatifid, pinnatifid leaves, cream-coloured and reddish black or all cream-coloured and yellow flowers, and egg-shaped fruit. Description ''Banksia erythrocephala'' is a shrub with erect stems that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has linear, pinnatifid leaves that are curved, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole up to long, with between two and six sharply-pointed, linear lobes on each side. The flowers are borne on a head containing between fifteen and twenty-six flowers in each head. There are tapering linear Bract#Involucral bracts, involucral bracts up to long at the base of the head. The flowers have a dull reddish black and cream-coloured, or all yellow (depending on subspecies) perianth long and a cream-coloured Gynoecium#Pistils, pistil long. Flowering occurs from October to December or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kondinin, Western Australia
Kondinin is a town located in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, east of the state capital, Perth via the Brookton Highway and State Route 40 between Corrigin and Hyden. It is one of three towns in the Shire of Kondinin. At the 2006 census, Kondinin had a population of 311. History The first European known to have visited the Kondinin area was Captain John Septimus Roe, Surveyor General of the Swan River Colony on his 1848–1849 expedition to examine the south coast. He encountered a group of Aboriginal people east of Nalyaring (near Brookton) who guided the expedition party to several water sources before leaving the party at Yeerakine (just south-east of Kondinin) as this was the limit of their territory. The lake and well nearby came to be known as Kondinin, although the meaning is unknown. In the early years, settlers occasionally encountered groups of Aborigines hunting possums. Although artifacts such as grinding stones and stone choppers have been f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |