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'''''Telopea oreades''''' ('''Gippsland Waratah''' or '''Victorian Waratah''') is a large shrub or small tree from [[Australia]] in the family [[Proteaceae]].<ref name=APNI/><ref name=NSW/> It grows to 12 metres high and has narrow-obovate to spathulate [[leaf|leaves]], which are 11 to 28 cm long and 1.5 to 6 cm wide. Crimson flowers appear between October and December in its native range, the flowerheads comprising 36 to 60 individual flowers with green to pink bracts.<ref name=NSW>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Telopea~oreades|title=''Telopea oreades'' |accessdate=2009-10-09 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}</ref><ref name=Cochrane>{{cite book|author=Cochrane, G.R., Fuhrer, B.A., Rotherdam, E.M., Simmons, J.& M. and Willis, J.H.| title=Flowers and Plants of Victoria and Tasmania |publisher=A.H. & A.W. Reed|location= | year=1980 | id=ISBN 0589502565}}</ref> These are followed by leathery to woody fruits which are 5 to 7.5 cm long.<ref name=Corrick>{{cite book|author=Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A.| title=Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas| publisher=Bloomings Books|location= Australia | year=2001 | id=ISBN 1876473142}}</ref> ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== A selected white-flowered form from the [[Errinundra Plateau]], which was originally known as 'Plateau View Alba' or 'Plateau View White' was registered by the [[Australian Cultivar Registration Authority]] in 1990 as 'Errindundra White'.<ref name=ANBG>http://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/descriptions/acc403.html</ref> The species is known to produce [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s with ''[[Telopea monganensis]]''.<ref name=NSW/> ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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