Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Grevillea longifolia
Common name
Fern-leaf grevillea
Family
Proteaceae
Where found
Moist areas in forest, often near streams, Sydney area and Blue Mountains. Often cultivated.
Notes
Shrub to 5 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, mostly 10–22 cm long, 10–20 mm wide, margins entire to coarsely toothed, lower surface silky. Flowers with 4 'petals' joined together in pairs, 'petals' pinkish fawn, appressed hairy outside, hairless inside. Gynoecium 21–24 mm long; style pink to red, hairless. Flower clusters toothbrush-like, 4.5–7.5 cm long. Flowering: mainly August–November.
In the absence of specific information, seeds of all species of Grevillea have been keyed as having one wing.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~longifolia (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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