Family: Proteaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 1.5m high.
Flowers: Erect red spider flowers borne in clusters in the leaf axils.
Flowering: July-October.
Fruit: Hairless follicle.
Leaves: Dark green narrow, elliptic to obovate, 5-14cm long and up yo 2cm wide; stiff, erect, recurved, and silky-hairy below.
Habitat: Heathland in damp areas.
Features: Large erect red spider flowers in the leaf axils. Hairless follicle.
Name:
Grevillea After the English botanical collector and propagator of plants Charles Francis Greville
oleoides From Latin = like an olive (referring to its leaves)
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
7, 8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, |
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Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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