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Varied Leaf Grevillea

Grevillea cirsiifolia

Varied Leaf Grevillea
Photo: Jean and Fred, CC BY 2.0

Varied-leaf grevillea is a prostrate shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its divided leaves and creamy-white to yellow flowers. It is best given good drainage and full sun in a mild climate.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional deep watering once established; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, nutrient-low soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost, protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea cirsiifolia, commonly known as varied-leaf grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate shrub, usually with divided leaves with eight to thirty lobes, and creamy white and bright yellow flowers with a white to pale yellow style.

Where it grows

Varied-leaf grevillea grows in woodland, often near winter-wet areas and is found from near Darkan to Mount Lindesay near Denmark in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Warren biogeographic regions of Western Australia.

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 cirsiifolia 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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