Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Grevillea speciosa

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Geoff Butler, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer C Green, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer C Green, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Red Spider Flower

Family

Proteaceae

Where found

Moister areas of dry forest and heath. Coast and ranges north from west of Wollongong.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, mostly 1–4 cm long, 4–12 mm wide, margins entire and curved down, upper surface dotted, lower surface hairy. Flowers with 4 'petals' joined together in pairs, 'petals' red or rarely coral pink, hairy outside, bearded inside. Gynoecium 25–31 mm long; style red or rarely coral pink, mostly hairless. Flower clusters 2–4 cm long, dome-shaped, often hanging down. Flowering: most months, mainly 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~speciosa  (accessed 19 January, 2021)