Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Grevillea baueri
Common name
Bauer's grevillea
Family
Proteaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland and heath. Coast, ranges, and tablelands.
subsp. asperula: South from east of Goulburn to Tallaganda National Park SW of Braidwood. Coast, ranges, and tablelands.
subsp. baueri: North from Jervis Bay. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1–3 cm long, 3–15 mm wide, margins entire, curved to rolled down, upper surface smooth and glossy or matt and strongly granular, lower surface hairless or with scattered hairs along the midvein. Flowers with 4 'petals' joined together in pairs, 'petals' red to pink with cream or yellow towards the tips, mostly hairless outside, bearded usually above the middle inside. Gynoecium usually 16–25 mm long; style red, loosely hairy in the lower half, hairless above. Flowers in dense clusters. Flowers mainly winter & spring.
In the absence of specific information, seeds of all species of Grevillea have been keyed as having one wing.
subsp. asperula: Plant habit often open. Leaves 5–10 mm wide, upper surface roughened by numerous granules, sometimes also with semi-erect hairs. Flower clusters usually branched, and curved down.
subsp. baueri: Plant habit often compact. Leaves 3–7 mm wide, upper surface more or less smooth except for occasional granules. Flower clusters usually simple and erect.
PlantNET description of species and key to subspecies: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~baueri (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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