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Grevillea venusta

Grevillea venusta
Photo: Casliber, Public domain

Grevillea venusta, or Byfield spider flower, is a large erect shrub from central eastern Queensland, grown for its green and yellow spider-like flowers. It grows readily in a sunny, well-drained spot and suits small gardens.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional deep watering once established; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
Frost-free, warm conditions; protect from frost, which it tolerates only lightly.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Grevillea venusta, commonly known as Byfield spider flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small region of central eastern Queensland. It is an erect shrub with simple and/or divided leaves, the leaves or lobes narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, and clusters of green and yellow flowers with a deep maroon to purplish black style covered with white hairs.

How to grow it

This species has been cultivated since the early 1970s and is suitable for use in small gardens, where it grows readily in a sunny position with good drainage. It is fast growing and hardy in a sunny, frost-free position.

Where it grows

Byfield spider flower is restricted to central eastern Queensland where it grows in forest and woodland in rocky places and along creeks between the Many Peaks Range and Shoalwater Bay. It occurs in Byfield and Castle Tower National Parks and the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area.

Other Grevillea plants

Grevillea aspleniifolia · Grevillea baileyana · Kahiliflower · Grevillea baueri · Fuchsia grevillea · Golden Grevillea · Grevillea curviloba · Grevillea ×gaudichaudii · Grevillea glossadenia · Spreading Grevillea · Grevillea iaspicula · Juniper Leaf Grevillea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grevillea venusta 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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