Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Grevillea oleoides
Common name
Red spider flower
Family
Proteaceae
Where found
Moister areas of woodland or heath, often beside creeks or in swampy ground. Coast and ranges north of Berry.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, 5–14 cm long, 4–20 mm wide, margins entire, and curved to rolled down, upper surface wrinkled, lower surface hairy. Flowers with 4 red or rarely pink 'petals' joined together in pairs, hairy outside, bearded inside. Gynoecium 27–35 mm long; style red or rarely pink, hairless except for short erect hairs near the tips. Flower clusters 2–4 cm long, often almost one-sided. Flowering: mainly winter and spring.
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~oleoides (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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