It is typically an understory shrub in open forests and woodlands of Eucalyptus.
Banksia | Saint-Raphaël, Var | Banksia integrifolia | Var (department) | Var | Banksia prionotes | Banksia hookeriana | Banksia coccinea | ''Penstemon davidsonii'' var. ''praeteritus'' | Grimaud, Var | ''Draba cusickii'' var. ''cusickii'' | ''Castilleja pilosa'' var. ''steenensis'' | Banksia spinulosa var. collina | ''Verbena officinalis'' var. ''officinalis'' | ''Ulmus davidiana'' var. ''japonica'' | ''Lindernia dubia'' var. ''inundata'' | La Valette-du-Var | Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis | ''B. davidii'' var. ''nanhoensis'' 'Alba' | Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii | Banksia speciosa | Banksia Park International High School | Banksia nivea | Banksia ilicifolia | Banksia attenuata | Banksia aemula | banksia | ''Arabis blepharophylla'' var. ''macdonaldiana'' | var.''leela'' figures 3, 3a. Plate accompanying de Nicéville's description in the ''Journal of the The Asiatic Society | var. ''collina'' |
It is a hybrid between the Gosford form of B. ericifolia (Heath-leaved Banksia) and a form of B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii.
cunninghamii 'Lemon Glow', is a form of Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii with lemon-yellow flowers.
Banksia 'Stumpy Gold' is a dwarf cultivar of Banksia spinulosa var. collina that was selected by Richard Anderson of Merricks Nursery in Victoria from material collected at Catherine Hill Bay on the New South Wales Central Coast.
It is a hybrid between Banksia 'Giant Candles' and Banksia spinulosa var. collina from Carnarvon Gorge in Queensland.
It is usually an understory shrub in open forests and woodlands of Eucalyptus.
The name "Buderim" is from the local Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle, (Badderam) Banksia spinulosa var. collina, which grew abundantly in the sandy country around the plateau.