Grevillea lanigera
Woolly Grevillea
Woolly Grevillea
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Grevillea lanigera, commonly known as woolly grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia
It is a spreading shrub with narrowly oblong to more or less linear leaves and clusters of pink to red, and cream-coloured flowers
Common name: Woolly 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 (lanigera) means "wool-bearing"
Flowers:
The flowers are arranged in clusters of two to ten on a rachis 2.5–10 mm long and are pale pink to red and cream-coloured
The style is shaggy- or woolly-hairy except near its tip, the pistil 13.5–19.5 mm long and hairy inside
Flowering mainly occurs from July to December, but flowers are sometimes present in other months
Fruit:
The fruit is a shaggy-hairy, elliptic to oblong follicle 10–15 mm long
Leaves:
Narrowly oblong to more or less linear, 5–40 mm long and 0.7–5 mm wide, with the edges turned down or rolled under
The lower surface of the leaves is shaggy-hairy
Stem & branches:
Roots:
Habit:
Grevillea lanigera is usually a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–50 cm , sometimes a dense rounded shrub to 2 m high
The species is variable in habit, features of the leaves and abundance of flowers, and forms hybrids with G. rosmarinifolia, G. polybractea and G. floribunda
Habitat:
Moist, rocky places in scrub, woodland and forest
Distribution:
South from near Dubbo and east of the Riverina in NSW, mainly on the coast and tablelands through the ACT to eastern Victoria
Additional notes:
Taxonomy
Grevillea lanigera was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in his Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected near the Lachlan River by Allan Cunningham
Use in horticulture
This grevillea is popular in cultivation and can be grown from seed or from cuttings. It is hardy in a range of climate and soil conditions
It is drought and frost hardy but prefers a sunny position in the garden
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