Common Name: Holly-leaf Grevillea
Botanical Name: Grevillea ilicifolia
Family: PROTEACEAE
Description:
Spreading to erect, low to medium-sized shrub, to 2 m high. Variable, sharply pointed, 2-7 cm long by 1-4 cm wide, dark green above, white-hairy below, leaf margins almost entire to numerous sharply-divided lobes. Flowers red to pink, long, narrow, dense, 1-sided clusters (toothbrush-like). Spring to early summer. Thin-walled capsule (follicle), to 3 cm long, containing 1-2 seeds. Summer to early autumn.
Spreading to erect, low to medium-sized shrub, to 2 m high. Variable, sharply pointed, 2-7 cm long by 1-4 cm wide, dark green above, white-hairy below, leaf margins almost entire to numerous sharply-divided lobes. Flowers red to pink, long, narrow, dense, 1-sided clusters (toothbrush-like). Spring to early summer. Thin-walled capsule (follicle), to 3 cm long, containing 1-2 seeds. Summer to early autumn.
Natural Distribution:
Widely distributed, on loams to deep sandy soils, in all agricultural districts of SA. Extends into Vic. Common to mallee and woodland areas.
Widely distributed, on loams to deep sandy soils, in all agricultural districts of SA. Extends into Vic. Common to mallee and woodland areas.
Notes:
A prostrate form is found in the Southern Flinders. Flowers provide a good source of nectar for the region's birds.
A prostrate form is found in the Southern Flinders. Flowers provide a good source of nectar for the region's birds.
