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Comb Grevillea

Grevillea huegelii

Comb Grevillea
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SC. & S. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Grevillea huegelii, commonly known as comb spider-flower or comb grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with divided leaves with mostly three to eleven sharply-pointed linear lobes, and clusters of red to pink flowers that are silky-hairy on the outside.

Where it grows

Comb spider-flower grows in a variety of habitats, including mallee woodland and heath and has a disjunct distribution in southern continental Australia. In Western Australia it is widespread from Moora to Borden and east to Cundeelee and Balladonia. It is also widespread in the southern half of South Australia, the north-west of Victoria and in western New South Wales.

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 huegelii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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