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Grevillea rubicunda

Grevillea rubicunda is a spreading shrub from the tropical Top End of Australia's Northern Territory, grown for its finely divided foliage and white flowers. It needs good drainage and a sunny position.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or sandy-loam soil; tolerates poor, sandy soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect from frost, which it does not tolerate well.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Grevillea rubicunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with divided leaves with 15 to 25 lobes, and white flowers.

Where it grows

Grevillea rubicunda occurs on the Kakadu escarpment of western Arnhem Land in the tropical Top End of Australia's Northern Territory. It grows beside creeks on sandy soils on sandstone substrates.

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 rubicunda 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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