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Grevillea sulcata

Grevillea sulcata is a robust, spreading Australian shrub with scarlet flowers, known only from a small area near Ravensthorpe in southern Western Australia. It grows in well-drained soil and is grown mainly by enthusiasts of Australian native plants.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, loamy or sandy soil; neutral to slightly acidic, low in phosphorus.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost, protect below -3 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea sulcata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south of Western Australia. It is a robust, spreading shrub with linear leaves and erect clusters of up to 14 scarlet flowers with an orange pollen presenter.

Where it grows

This grevillea grows in rich loamy soil in woodland with species of Dodonaea, and is only known from near the type location about 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Ravensthorpe in the Esperance Plains bioregion of southern 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 sulcata 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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