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Grevillea leiophylla

Grevillea leiophylla
Photo: tjeales, CC BY-SA 4.0

Grevillea leiophylla, known as wallum grevillea or dwarf spider oak, is a low, weakly erect shrub from south-eastern Queensland with narrow leaves and pink flower clusters. It grows best in open, sunny spots with sharply drained, acidic soil.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then sparingly; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or acidic soil; avoid heavy clay and lime.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea leiophylla, commonly known as wallum grevillea, or dwarf spider oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a weakly erect to low-lying shrub with narrowly oblong to egg-shaped or more or less linear leaves, and clusters of pale to deep pink flowers.

Where it grows

Wallum grevillea grows in shrubby woodland, forest, wallum or grassland in south-eastern Queensland, possibly as far north as Yeppoon.

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 leiophylla 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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