# Grevillea banksii

February 3, 2018

_**Grevillea banksii**_, known by various common names including **Red silky oak**, **Dwarf silky oak**, **Banks' grevillea**, **Byfield waratah** and, in Hawaii, **Kahili flower** or **Kahili tree**. It is a plant of the large genus _[Grevillea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevillea)_ in the diverse family [Proteaceae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteaceae). Native to [Queensland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland), it has been a popular garden plant for many years though has been superseded somewhat horticulturally by smaller and more floriferous hybrids. A white-flowered form _G. banksii_ fo. _albiflora_ is known as **white silky oak**.