Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A shrub up to 1m tall.
Flowers: Light grey to rusty pink, hairy, irregular flowers borne in erect globose heads. Flowers are similar but smaller than those of Grevillea buxifolia. Styles held erect and lacking an appendage on tip.
Flowering: Mainly in August-November.
Fruit: Hairy follicle.
Leaves: Stiff, linear to elliptic to ovate 1-3cm long and 2-4mm wide, hairy below with recurved entire margins.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Spider flowers in erect globose heads. Styles held upright but without prominent appendage on tip.
Name:
Grevillea After the English botanical collector and propagator of plants Charles Francis Greville
sphacelata From Latin = withered (referring to the appearance of its flowers)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Globular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Grey, Rust, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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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 |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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