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Grevillea benthamiana

Grevillea benthamiana
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Grevillea benthamiana is a shrub in the protea family, native to the Northern Territory of Australia, growing 2–4 m tall with bipinnate, spiny-tipped leaves and red flowers that age to black. It is grown mainly as a native garden shrub in warm, dry-season climates.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional deep watering; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Grevillea benthamiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with bipinnate leaves that have linear lobes, and reddish flowers that turn black.

Where it grows

This grevillea grows in low, open woodland and is restricted to the plateaus and escarpments of the Daly River basin.

Other Grevillea plants

Grevillea acacioides · Grevillea acanthifolia · Grevillea acerata · Grevillea acrobotrya · Grevillea acropogon · Grevillea acuaria · Grevillea adenotricha · Grevillea agrifolia · Grevillea albiflora · Catclaws Grevillea · Grevillea alpivaga · Grevillea althoferorum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grevillea benthamiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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