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Grevillea shiressii, also known as Mullet Creek Grevillea is a threatened species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales where it is found in only two localities near Gosford. It is a tall, erect shrub with oblong to narrowly lance-shaped leaves with distinctive intramarginal veins and small clusters of green to bluish-grey, later cream-coloured flowers with a brownish-maroon style.
Grevillea shiressii is grown as an ornamental plant, both for its foliage and unusual flowers among grevilleas. It is a bird-attracting plant which tolerates a wide variety of climatic conditions. It can tolerate frost but not drought and must be frequently watered. Cultivated plants usually grow into rounded, spreading shrubs up to 3 m by 3 m (9.8 ft).
It is usually propagated from seed, but can be also be grown from cuttings. Seedlings can often be found germinating underneath parent plants.
This grevillea grows on alluvial sandy soils in forests along creek banks, under such trees as mountain blue gum (Eucalyptus deanei), turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) and rough-barked apple (Angophora floribunda), and alongside watergum (Tristaniopsis laurina) and river lomatia (Lomatia myricoides). It is only found growing naturally along two tributaries of the lower Hawkesbury River near Gosford north of Sydney, Mullet Creek near Wondabyne and Mooney Mooney Creek.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grevillea shiressii 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.
