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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Width: 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: red, pink
Scientific Names

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Spider-net Grevillea
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species: G. thelemanniana

Binomial name
Grevillea thelemanniana
Hügel ex Endl.

Grevillea thelemanniana, Hueg.(G. preissii, Meissn.). Spreading shrub, the young growths soft-tomentose: lvs. 1-2 in. long, pale or glaucous, pinnate, the lower pinnae usually divided, segms. linear: racemes terminal, rather dense, 1 ½ in. or less long; fls. pink with green tips, few-hairy outside and bearded inside, the tube about ¼ in. long: fr. about ½ in. long, smooth. B.M. 5837. R.H. 1882:456. J.H. III. 42:497. H.U. 6:193. G.W. 5:499.—Now popular in Calif.

The Spider-net Grevillea (Grevillea thelemanniana) is a small, spreading shrub which is endemic to Western Australia. The pink or red flowers appear between late autumn and late spring. The species occurs in the Perth region in low-lowing areas on sandy and sandy-clay soils which are generally wet in the winter. It grows to between 0.3 and 1.5 m high.

A number of former subspecies are now regarded as species in their own right:

References