Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Grevillea caleyi

Flower cluster and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT.

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT.

Seed cases and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer M Parkes, unknown place

Common name

Caley's grevillea

Family

Proteaceae

Where found

Dry forest and woodland on sandstone ridgetops in the Terrey Hills-Belrose area, Sydney.

Notes

Shrub to 4 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, 7–18 cm long, 30–75 mm wide, deeply divided with usually 19–36 undivided spreading lobes, lobes 1.5–3.5 cm long, 2–6 mm wide, lower surface more or less hairy. Flowers with 4 'petals' joined together in pairs, 'petals' fawn, hairy outside, hairless inside. Gynoecium 25–38 mm long; style red, hairless. Flower clusters one sided toothbrushes 4–8 cm long. Flowering: sporadic throughout the year.

In the absence of specific information, seeds of all species of Grevillea have been keyed as having one wing.

Critically endangered Australia. Critically endangered NSW. Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.

NSW Threatened Species profile:  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10361  (accessed 30 April 2021)

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~caleyi  (accessed 30 April 2021)