Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Grevillea polybractea
Common name
Crimson grevillea
Family
Proteaceae
Where found
Dry shrubby open forest. Western Slopes and Kosciuszko National Park. Tablelands north of the Hume Highway.
Notes
Shrub to 1.8 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2–7.5 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, upper surface becoming hairless and granular, margins entire and rolled down, sometimes obscuring the hairy lower surface. Flowers with 4 'petals' joined together in pairs, 'petals' red to pink with yellow or green near the tips, hairy outside, bearded usually above the middle inside. Gynoecium 9.5–14 mm long; style pink to red or orange, hairy at the base, more sparsely hairy above. Flower clusters curved down, almost round. Bracts at the base of the individual flower stalks conspicuous at the late bud stage and diagnostic, 2.5–7 mm long, 2–5.5 mm wide, usually still present when the flowers open and more persistent towards the base of the flower clusters. Flowering: spring-summer.
In the absence of specific information, seeds of all species of Grevillea have been keyed as having one wing.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~polybractea (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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