Another Banksia

We drove to Perth today, ready for a flight to ‘the eastern states’ tomorrow morning. Along the way we walked in Badgingarra National Park and photographed what I’m fairly sure is Banksia sphaerocarpa. This Banksia was first described and named by the great Scottish scientist Robert Brown, who sailed with Matthew Flinders on his circumnavigation of Australia in 1801-03. It was Flinders who first proposed the name Australia for the continent.

I couldn’t resist adding an extra of the same plant. I think this is the first time I’ve seen it.