Proteaceae Grevillea Wildflowershttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/proteaceae/grevillea/rss/proteaceae/grevilleaA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2024 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pngExplorOz Logohttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/proteaceae/grevillea/rss/proteaceae/grevilleaDryander's grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/314+dryanders-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/314+dryanders-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/314+dryanders-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W314__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Spreading to erect shrub, (0.3-)0.6-2 m high. Fl. white/red/red-purple/orange-red, Jan to May. Sandstone. Rocky hillsides or ridges.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: dryandri &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />John BaasFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:21:00 GMTFive Veined Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/646+five-veined-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/646+five-veined-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/646+five-veined-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W646__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Erect dense shrub 1–1.5 m tall. Branchlets angular and ridged, sericeous to tomentose. Leaves sublinear to oblong-elliptic or narrowly obovate, 1.5–6 cm long, 1.5–8 mm wide; upper surface minutely punctate, with (3–) 5 (–7) prominent longitudinal parallel veins; margins smoothly and strongly recurved to revolute; lower surface sometimes partly enclosed, sericeous including on midvein. Conflorescence terminal on short lateral branchlets, erect, sessile or rarely pedunculate, regular, umbelloid, 6–20-flowered. Flowers adaxially oriented. Flower colour: perianth and style pale to deep pink. Perianth subsericeous to tomentose outside, bearded inside. Pistil 9.5–12 mm long; style sharply curved, with papilloid hairs in apical 1 mm; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle ovoid-ellipsoidal or obloid, 13–15 mm long. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: quinquenervis &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:22:00 GMTFlame Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/75+flame-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/75+flame-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/75+flame-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W75__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Straggly shrub with tall flower spikes held above the foliage. Leaves long and rounded.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: eriostachya &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />Member - John and ValMon, 24 Mar 2014 04:40:00 GMTFlame Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/651+flame-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/651+flame-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/651+flame-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W651__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> A striking small tree, especially when covered with big, brilliant orange flowerheads. Grows to about 5m tall with long thin leaves that are divided into a couple of lobes. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: excelsior &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Orange<br />Member - John and ValFri, 20 Mar 2015 21:19:00 GMTFuchsia Grevillea https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/474+fuchsia-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/474+fuchsia-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/474+fuchsia-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W474__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.2m-1 m high. Fl. orange-red, Mar or May to Dec or Jan. Granitic soils, sand, loamy clay, lateritic soils. Granite outcrops, hills, sometimes winter-wet flats.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: bipinnatifida &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />John BaasFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:23:00 GMTGrevillea acacioideshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/329+grevillea-acacioideshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/329+grevillea-acacioides<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/329+grevillea-acacioides"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W329__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Flowers that range in colour from white through cream to green grace this erect, much-branched shrub that grows to 1-2.2 m high. Flowering occurs from May to Sep (mainly Jul-Sep). Grows in red or yellow sand, gravelly loam over granite, laterite. Sandplains.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: acacioides &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Cream<br />John BaasFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:23:00 GMTGrevillea bronwenaehttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/89+grevillea-bronwenaehttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/89+grevillea-bronwenae<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/89+grevillea-bronwenae"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W89__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Slender, erect shrub, 0.5-1.6 m high. Fl. red, Jun to Dec. Grey sand over laterite, lateritic loam. Hillslopes.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: bronwenae &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />John BaasFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:23:00 GMTGrevillea dielsianahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/185+grevillea-dielsianahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/185+grevillea-dielsiana<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/185+grevillea-dielsiana"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W185__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Woody shrub to 2m. Leaves divided into prickly lobes. Brilliant red flowers.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: dielsiana &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Member - John and ValSat, 06 Dec 2014 00:30:00 GMTGrevillea dielsianahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/217+grevillea-dielsianahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/217+grevillea-dielsiana<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/217+grevillea-dielsiana"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W217__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Prickly shrub to 2m. Leaves deeply lobed, each lobe ending in a sharp point. This plant was a variant on the normally red flowered form. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: dielsiana &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Orange<br />Member - John and ValThu, 27 Mar 2014 22:27:00 GMTGrevillea floribundahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/38+grevillea-floribundahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/38+grevillea-floribunda<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/38+grevillea-floribunda"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W38__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Shrub in drier forest. Leaf margins rolled under. Flowers thickly covered with rusty brown hairs.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: floribunda &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Orange<br />Member - John and ValMon, 24 Mar 2014 05:04:00 GMTGrevillea insignis supsp. insignishttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/377+grevillea-insignis-supsp-insignishttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/377+grevillea-insignis-supsp-insignis<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/377+grevillea-insignis-supsp-insignis"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W377__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Flowers: perianth cream turning pink, red style. Leaves 3-9cm, leathery, holly-like with prickly margins.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: insignis ssp. insignis &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />Maureen CFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:24:00 GMTGrevillea leptobotryshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/99+grevillea-leptobotryshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/99+grevillea-leptobotrys<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/99+grevillea-leptobotrys"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W99__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Sprawling, prostrate or spreading, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. pink, Jan or Jun to Jul or Sep to Dec. Sandy, gravelly, loamy or clayey soils on laterite or granite. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: leptobotrys &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />John BaasFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:24:00 GMTGrevillea longistylahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/717+grevillea-longistylahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/717+grevillea-longistyla<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/717+grevillea-longistyla"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W717__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> An understorey shrub with an open growth habit. Large red flowers have long styles, giving this grevillea its species name of "longistyla".<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: longistyla &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Member - John and ValTue, 11 Nov 2014 07:50:00 GMTGrevillea obliquistigmahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/328+grevillea-obliquistigmahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/328+grevillea-obliquistigma<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/328+grevillea-obliquistigma"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W328__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Spreading shrub, 0.3-4(-5) m high. Fl. cream-white-yellow, Jan or Mar or Aug to Dec. Sandy or loamy soils, laterite, granite. Sandplains, stony ridges.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: obliquistigma &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Cream<br />John BaasFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:25:00 GMTGrevillea quercifoliahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/416+grevillea-quercifoliahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/416+grevillea-quercifolia<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/416+grevillea-quercifolia"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W416__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Straggly to sprawling shrub, 0.3-0.7 m high. Fl. pink/red/purple, Jul to Dec. Sand, loam, often with gravel, laterite<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: quercifolia &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Other<br />Member - Tony S (WA)Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:04:00 GMTGrevillea shuttleworthianahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/563+grevillea-shuttleworthianahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/563+grevillea-shuttleworthiana<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/563+grevillea-shuttleworthiana"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W563__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> This unusual little Grevillea grows as an open shrub in sandy heath. The blueish green leaves are round to oval in shape while the very small creamy-yellow flowers are arranged in quite dense flowerheads held above the foliage.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: shuttleworthiana &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Cream<br />Member - John and ValSat, 25 Oct 2014 20:00:00 GMTGrevillea sp.https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/373+grevillea-sp-https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/373+grevillea-sp-<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/373+grevillea-sp-"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W373__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Large pink flower that resembles a giant spider - scared the heck out of 'himself' when he turned around and it was right there!<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: unknown &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />Sharon GFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:26:00 GMTGrevillea stenobotrya or Rattlepod Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/379+grevillea-stenobotrya-or-rattlepod-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/379+grevillea-stenobotrya-or-rattlepod-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/379+grevillea-stenobotrya-or-rattlepod-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W379__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Bushy shrub to 5m high. Leaves linear, 10-25cm c 1-2mm, finely pointed slightly hooked tip. Flowers creamy white (green in bud), cylindrical or slightly tapered, 7-14cm long. Smooth greyish bark<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: stenobotrya &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: White<br />Maureen CMon, 30 Jun 2014 03:21:00 GMTGrevillea thyrsoides https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/224+grevillea-thyrsoideshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/224+grevillea-thyrsoides<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/224+grevillea-thyrsoides"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W224__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Low shrub with a somewhat lax, weeping habit. Leaves simple but divided into deep lobes giving a ferny appearance. Flowers dusky pink in terminal infloresences held on a long stem, allowing the flowers to be displayed beyond the foliage. Flowers slightly hairy.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: thyrsoides &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />Member - John and ValFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:26:00 GMTGrevillea victoriaehttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/841+grevillea-victoriaehttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/841+grevillea-victoriae<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/841+grevillea-victoriae"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W841__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> A spreading, sometimes straggling shrub that grows up to about 2m high. Leaf shape is oval, often quite broad, up to 7cm long. The lower leaf surface is covered with a tomentum (covering of short hairs). Red or orange-red flowers are in clusters at the ends of the branches. The outside of the flower parts are covered with rusty red hairs. Grows in forested slopes and gullies above about 1000m in NSW and eastern Victoria.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: victoriae &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Member - John and ValMon, 16 Mar 2015 10:32:00 GMTHolly Leafed Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/76+holly-leafed-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/76+holly-leafed-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/76+holly-leafed-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W76__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Upright shrub to 3m, common in desert areas. Holly shaped leaves and dense clusters of bright red flowers.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: wickhamii &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Member - John and ValMon, 24 Mar 2014 05:14:00 GMTHolly-leaf Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/668+holly-leaf-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/668+holly-leaf-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/668+holly-leaf-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W668__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Spreading to prostrate shrub, 0.3–2 m high. Leaves 3–9 cm long, 2.5–6 cm wide, divided or rarely some entire, usually with 3–7 triangular to ovate teeth or lobes 0.5–5 cm long, 4–8 mm wide, margins recurved; lower surface subsericeous. Inflorescences secund, 2–5 cm long. Perianth green-cream to grey or mauve, few to many appressed hairs outside, glabrous inside. Gynoecium usually 20–25 mm long; ovary densely hairy; style pink to red, glabrous, pollen presenter erect to oblique. Follicle hairy with reddish brown stripes or blotches. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: ilicifolia &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Pink<br />Stephen L (Clare) SASat, 22 Nov 2014 18:26:00 GMTHoneysuckle Oak or Spider Flower, Desert Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/844+honeysuckle-oak-or-spider-flower-desert-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/844+honeysuckle-oak-or-spider-flower-desert-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/844+honeysuckle-oak-or-spider-flower-desert-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W844__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> A small tree or shrub 2 to 7 mts tall, grows throughout inland Australia (not found in Victoria). Rush like leaves are 10 to 30 cms long Flowers are bright orange and yellow and produced most of the year, most prolific July to November. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: juncifolia &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Orange<br />Member - Stanley DWed, 29 Apr 2015 07:01:00 GMTMt Finke Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/612+mt-finke-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/612+mt-finke-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/612+mt-finke-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W612__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Grevillea treueriana, also known known as Mount Finke grevillea, is a shrub that is endemic to Mount Finke in South Australia. It is listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act. The species grows to about 2 metres in both height and width. It has deeply lobed leaves with sharp points and produces bright, orange-red "toothbrush" flowers in winter and spring.[4]<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: treueriana &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:27:00 GMTOlive Grevilliahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/411+olive-grevilliahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/411+olive-grevillia<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/411+olive-grevillia"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W411__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-4.5 m high. Fl. red/red-pink, Jun to Sep. White or grey sand. Coastal dunes, limestone rocks. Flowers can be either red or yellow; often on adjacent bushes. This is a WA Priority 4 species. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: olivacea &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />John BaasFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:27:00 GMTRed Toothbrusheshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/513+red-toothbrusheshttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/513+red-toothbrushes<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/513+red-toothbrushes"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W513__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> This aptly named Grevillea is a large bushy shrub commonly between 3-4 metres in height. The slender upright foliage is a silvery green to 15 cm in length and may be undivided or dissected. The pink and cream flowers are slightly hairy. When the bright orange-red styles are fully extended the flowerhead bears a strong likeness to a toothbrush. The flowerheads are relatively small and extend from the tips of the upright branches and so are angled upwards and inwards. This results in the styles facing towards the centre of the shrub and not upwards or outwards as most other species.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: cagiana &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Member - John and ValThu, 17 Sep 2015 01:57:00 GMTRough Spider-flower - Kangaroo Island Endemichttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/672+rough-spider-flower-kangaroo-island-endemichttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/672+rough-spider-flower-kangaroo-island-endemic<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/672+rough-spider-flower-kangaroo-island-endemic"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W672__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Low spreading shrub 0.3–1.0 m tall. Leaves entire, narrowly oblong to sublinear-subterete, usually plump, 0.2–1.7 cm long, 1.0–2.1 mm wide; margins revolute; upper surface muricate; lower surface completely enclosed including midvein, 1-grooved, sublanate. Conflorescence terminal, simple, erect, subumbelloid, 1–6-flowered, opening uncertain; floral rachis 0.5–0.7 mm long, tomentose. Flowers mostly adaxially oriented. Flower colour: perianth and style bright orange-red; style-end yellow-green. Perianth pubescent to loosely tomentose outside, glabrous inside near base and bearded about middle, subsericeous above; tepals remaining coherent. Pistil 24–25 mm long; ovary stipitate, villous; style loosely tomentose to villous, with hairs over most of its length; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle narrowly ellipsoidal or narrowly ovoid, 12.5–14.5 mm long, pubescent to subvillous. Occurs in S.A., where endemic to the central eastern part of Kangaroo Is. Grows in open woodland and dense shrub associations in sandy to loamy soil over ironstone. Flowers Aug.–Nov. This species is recognised as 'Rare' in J.D.Briggs & J.H.Leigh, Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (1995).<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: muricata &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Stephen L (Clare) SASat, 22 Nov 2014 18:30:00 GMTSilky Grevillea, Golden Grevillea, Fern-leaved Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/304+silky-grevillea-golden-grevillea-fern-leaved-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/304+silky-grevillea-golden-grevillea-fern-leaved-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/304+silky-grevillea-golden-grevillea-fern-leaved-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W304__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> A brilliant and familiar site along roads in the Kimberley, NT and N. Qld. Usually grows in sandy soils that may become seasonally wet. May be a tree to 8 or 10m tall or a dense spreading shrub. Leaves are lobed and deeply divided, grey green on the upper surface, silvery white underneath. Leaves can be up to 30cm long. The golden one sided flower heads are held at or near the ends of the branches. They are large, up to 15cm long, and are full of nectar making them attractive to birds and insects.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: pteridifolia &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Orange<br />Member - John and ValFri, 21 Nov 2014 04:28:00 GMTSilky Oakhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/733+silky-oakhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/733+silky-oak<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/733+silky-oak"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W733__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> A fast-growing, single-stemmed tree usually 20-30 m in height and about 80 cm in diameter but sometimes larger. The dark grey bark is furrowed in a lace-like pattern. Young branchlets are angular, ridged and maybe slightly hairy. The fern-like foliage is very distinctive. The leaves are 10-34 cm long and 9-15 cm wide, pinnate to bipinnate, green on the upper surface and pale and silky below. ... source: Australian Biological Resources Study - Species Bank<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: robusta &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />Stephen L (Clare) SASun, 23 Nov 2014 05:48:00 GMTVariable Prickly Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/34+variable-prickly-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/34+variable-prickly-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/34+variable-prickly-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W34__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Prickly shrub with holly-like leaves that are whitish on the underside. Grows mostly in heathlands.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: aquifolium &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Member - John and ValThu, 03 Apr 2014 23:51:00 GMTWickhams Grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/21+wickhams-grevilleahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/21+wickhams-grevillea<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/21+wickhams-grevillea"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W21__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Large shrub up to 5m high. Grey-green leaves up to 8cm long, with several sharp teeth or spines. Widespread over large parts of northern Australia.<br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Grevillea &nbsp; Species: wickhamii subsp. aprica &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Red<br />Member - John and ValThu, 03 Jul 2014 09:48:00 GMT