This plants forms mounds up to 40 cm tall with the flowers at the base of the mound. It is thought that the shape of the flower allows nectar collection and pollination by pygmy possums. It is fairly common throughout south western Australia where it is native and endemic.

This plant was now known as Dryandra nivea but the Dryandra genus has now been subsumed into Banksia.

W.A. Wild Flower Society 2007 tour: Lower Mercer road site 12th September 2007

Added on 14th December 2008, updated 3rd March 2010, updated 7th February 2014