Australian Native Plants

  Grevillea treueriana


Grevillea treueriana photo
Grevillea treueriana (grafted, cultivated, labelled), Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Grevillea treueriana in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Description
Grevillea treueriana is a small open shrub. Leaves are 25mm - 30mm long and deeply divided into stiff, linear lobes with sharp points Leaf margins are recurved Produces clusters of orange red toothbrush-shaped flowers that hang downwards from the ends of the branches. Flowers in winter though to spring.

Distribution
rocky crevices on Mt Finke in South Australia.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 2m
Spread: 1.5m - 2m

Wildlife Interest
attracts honeyeaters

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Grevillea
Species:treueriana


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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