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Grevillea thyrsoides

Grevillea thyrsoides
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5

Grevillea thyrsoides is a low, spreading shrub from south-western Western Australia, grown for its comb-like foliage and pinkish-red flowers. The key to growing it is good drainage and full sun, as it is adapted to nutrient-poor sandy soils.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty mix, low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Mild conditions suited to a subtropical to Mediterranean climate; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Grevillea thyrsoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading or low-lying shrub, with pinnatisect to comb-like leaves, the end lobes linear, and clusters of hairy pinkish-red flowers.

Where it grows

The grevillea grows in heath and Banksia mallee. Subspecies pustulata occurs in the area between Marchagee, Coorow and Watheroo in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia and subsp. thyrsoides between Badgingarra and Dandaragan in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions.

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 thyrsoides 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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