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Olive Grevillea

Grevillea olivacea

Olive Grevillea
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea olivacea, commonly known as olive grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It is a dense, erect shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and erect clusters of bright red and orange or yellow flowers with a red to yellow style.

How to grow it

Grevillea olivacea is an ornamental but hardy plant, suitable for use in nature strips and parks and as an informal hedge. It grows well in all soil types provided the drainage is good. It responds well to pruning and is attractive to birds and insects.

Where it grows

Olive grevillea grows in shrubland on calcareous sand over limestone in near coastal areas of Western Australia between Jurien Bay and Leeman in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions 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 olivacea 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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