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Grevillea kennedyana
Grevillea kennedyana, also known as flame spider-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of inland eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, usually linear leaves and erect clusters of rich red flowers.
Grevillea kennedyana has a restricted distribution in the northwest corner of New South Wales and the southwest corner of Queensland. The altitude range is 140–200 m (460–660 ft) and plants grows on slopes between 10˚ and 75˚. The area is arid and receives variable and unreliable rainfall. Plants can sometimes be found in dry and rocky watercourses, but mostly grow in clusters on rocky jump-ups and colluvial slopes of rocky mesas with weathered silcrete rocks and loamy soils. The most dense populations of this species are found on the lower slopes that have high water retention. As of 2000, the plant was found in six geographic locations. Ninety per cent of the populations are found in the Sturt National Park and are highly fragmented with a natural range of less than 100 km (62 mi)
Most Grevillea species contain a honey-like liquid that is edible to humans. G. kennedyana contains a large amount of a clear, sweet liquid, which can be shaken from the flowers. However, due to the large volume of liquid it makes the flower difficult to preserve.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grevillea kennedyana 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.
