It is resistant to dieback, like most eastern banksias. Rosebud is shielded by camping grounds lined with banksias, tea tree and sheoak. They found it to be basal (the earliest offshoot) to the other prostrate banksias. It is possibly not as sensitive to dieback as other western banksias. Flora includes eucalyptus, melaleuca, acacia, and banksias. Low heath growth consists of shrubs, including ti trees, banksias, hakeas, and waxflowers. Maryknoll is abundantly covered in forest, with eucalypts, wattles, banksias and sheoaks being common species. Eucalypt forests, banksias and heathlands are the predominant vegetation elsewhere. Unlike many banksias, it does not have a lignotuber. Like other banksias, it grows best in full sun. Representatives of the Proteaceae also grow in Australia, such as Banksias. Its yellow flower spikes and white leaf undersurface distinguish it from other prostrate banksias. Unlike southern banksias, it has small juvenile leaves and broad dentate adult leaves. Common plants include the Proteaceae (grevilleas, banksias and hakeas), tea-trees, acacias, boronias, and eucalypts. Trees visited include turpentine ("Syncarpia glomulifera"), paperbarks ("Melaleuca" spp.), and banksias.