About the plant
Banksia brownii is indigenous to the far south-western corner of Western Australia, between Albany and the Stirling Range.
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Critically endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
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Invertebrate foodPlant is eaten by native and feral animals
Facts
- Only around 1,000 plants exist in the wild
- Fine feather-like leaves
- Large red-brown flower spikes

© Harriet Maxwell

J. Wrigley © Australian National Botanic Gardens

Wolfgang Stuppy © RBG Kew

Wolfgang Stuppy © RBG Kew

By Cas Liber via Wikimedia Commons
Fire-adapted plants
Banksia brownii has adapted to bushfires. Fire triggers seed dispersal and smoke breaks seed dormancy. Heavy rains following the fires then help the seedlings establish quickly.
But when fires are too frequent, because of climate change and land management policies, adult plants burn before they produce the seed for future generations.
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Critically endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
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Invertebrate foodPlant is eaten by native and feral animals