Description
Banksia dryandroides is a much-branched spreading shrub to 1 metre (4 ft) high, and is nonlignotuberous. The stems are covered with a fine reddish hair, and the fernlike leaves are 5–17 cm (2–7 in) long and 0.7–1.5 cm in width. The squat cylindrical inflorescences appear from October to January and are 2–3 cm (1 in) high. They are pale brownish in colour with hooked pistils. The flowers remain on the ageing spikes as up to 25 follicles develop. These measure 1.5–3 cm (0.6-1.2 in) long, 0.5–1.2 cm (0.2-0.5 in) high, and 0.3–0.9 cm wide, covered in fine hairs below, and smooth above.
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