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Grevillea crithmifolia

Grevillea crithmifolia
Photo: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au

Grevillea crithmifolia is a dense, spreading shrub from south-western Western Australia, grown for its pale pink to creamy-white flower clusters. It needs well-drained sandy soil and good sun to do well.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it dislikes wet feet.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty soil; tolerates low-fertility soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost once established.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea crithmifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense shrub with linear leaves, divided leaves with narrowly oblong lobes, or both, and clusters of pale pink to creamy-white flowers.

Where it grows

Grevillea crithmifolia usually grows in near-coastal woodland or scrub between Wanneroo and Yalgorup National Park with a disjunct population near Dongara in the Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic region of south-western 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 crithmifolia 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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