Grevillea australis

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots >Proteales > Proteaceae> Grevillea australis

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Plant  information

Common name:         Alpine Grevillea 

• Also, southern grevillea

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• The genus was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville, an 18th-century patron of botany and co-founder of the Royal Horticultural Society

• The specific epithet (australis) means "southern"

Flowers

• The flowers are arranged in groups near the ends of braches along a rachis 1.0–2.5 mm long, and are white or pale pink

• The pistil is 6.0–7.5 mm long and cream-coloured, the style is hooked near the tip, the ovary stalked and glabrous

• Flowering mostly occurs from December to February and the fruit is a glabrous follicle

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• Its leaves are simple, narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base or linear

• 5–30 mm long and 0.5–5.5 mm wide

• The edges turned down or rolled under

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A spreading to prostrate shrub 

• A densely-foliaged, erect to spreading or prostrate shrub that grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m 

Habitat:   

• Grows heath and woodland, usually in moist, rocky places in mountain and alpine areas

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to south-eastern Australia

• South from the Brindabella Range in the Australian Capital Territory, through southern NSW to Mount Buller and Mount Baw Baw in Victoria

• It is also common in Tasmania, especially on the Central Plateau, and is the only grevillea species in that state

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • A species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae 

  • Grevillea australis was first formally described in 1810 

  • This was by Robert Brown in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

• Use in horticulture

  • Grevillea australis grows best in cool to cold climates

  • It grows best in sunny locations in well-drained soil

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevillea_australis (2023)