Australian Native Plants

  Grevillea pilosa subsp Redacta


Grevillea pilosa subsp Redacta photo
Grevillea pilosa subsp. redacta (cultivated, labelled) Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia

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PLANT FACTS

Description
Grevillea pilosa subspecies redacta is a spreading to prostrate shrub. The obovate simple leaves are about 15mm - 35mm long, and 10mm - 15mm wide with prickly margins. Produces racemes of pink or red flowers from August to December. Fruit are oblong or ellipsoidal and 12mm long.

Habitat
woodland, shrubland in gravelly soil, sand or loam.

Distribution
endemic to Western Australia.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.4m - 2m
Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Grevillea
Species:pilosa
Variety:'subsp Redacta'


Relatives in same Genus
  Grevillea agrifolia
  Grevillea alpina
  Grevillea angulata
  Grevillea arenaria
  Grevillea armigera
  Grevillea asparagoides
  Grevillea asplenifolia
  Grevillea astericosa
  Grevillea baileyana
  Grevillea banksii prostrate
  Grevillea baueri
  Grevillea bipinnatifida
  Grevillea bronwenae
  Grevillea candelabroides
  Grevillea coccinea
  Grevillea concinna
  Grevillea corrugata
  Grevillea crithmifolia
  Grevillea decurrens
  Grevillea didymobotrya
  Grevillea dielsiana
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