Banksia paludosa (swamp banksia) is a shrub endemic to New South Wales, found between Sydney and Batemans Bay and in Eden. Two subspecies are recognised: a spreading shrub to 1.5 m (5 ft) in height, and a subspecies astrolux, up to 5 m (16 ft) high and found only in Nattai National Park. Native mammals, such as the brown antechinus and sugar glider, are important pollinators of B. paludosa. Several species of honeyeaters visit the flower spikes, as do ants and the European honeybee. The response to bushfire depends on the subspecies; subspecies paludosa regenerates from underground lignotubers, while plants of subspecies astrolux are killed by fire and regenerate from large stores of seed which have been held in cones in the plant canopy. B. paludosa is sometimes seen in cultivation, with dwarf forms being registered and sold.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1400:

The body of the deposed king Richard II was put on display in London's Old St Paul's Cathedral, after his death in Pontefract Castle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_II_of_England

1600:

Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, best-known as a proponent of heliocentrism and the infinity of the universe, was burned at the stake as a heretic by the Roman Inquisition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno

1913:

In the U.S. National Guard's 69th Regiment Armory in New York City, the Armory Show opened, introducing Americans to avant-garde and modern art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armory_Show

1949:

Chaim Weizmann began his term as the first President of Israel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann

2011:

Bahrain security forces launched a pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, killing four of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain_Bloody_Thursday

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

bebother: To bring trouble upon. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bebother

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Our philosophy... reduceth to a single origin and relateth to a single end, and maketh contraries to coincide so that there is one primal foundation both of origin and of end. From this coincidence of contraries, we deduce that ultimately it is divinely true that contraries are within contraries; wherefore it is not difficult to compass the knowledge that each thing is within every other.   --Giordano Bruno https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno