Editing Banksia (section)

===May Gibb's "Banksia men"===
{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|align=right|image1=Banksia seed pod.jpg|image2=Banksia man.png|width=220|caption1=''B.&nbsp;aemula'' seed pod, [[Australian National Botanic Gardens|ANBG]], [[Canberra]], a possible inspiration for Gibbs|caption2=A Banksia man, from [[May Gibbs]]' ''[[Snugglepot and Cuddlepie]]''}}
Perhaps the best known cultural reference to ''Banksia'' is the "big bad Banksia men" of [[May Gibbs]]' children's book ''[[Snugglepot and Cuddlepie]]''. Gibb's "Banksia men" are modelled on the appearance of aged ''Banksia'' "cones", with follicles for eyes and other facial features. There is some contention over which species actually provided the inspiration for the "Banksia men": the drawings most resemble the old cones of ''B.&nbsp;aemula'' or ''B.&nbsp;serrata'', but ''[[Banksia attenuata|B.&nbsp;attenuata]]'' (slender banksia) has also been cited, as this was the species that Gibbs saw as a child in Western Australia.{{sfn|Collins|Collins|George|2008|p=68}}