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'''''Grevillea speciosa''''', also known as '''Red Spider Flower''', is a [[shrub]] which is endemic to [[New South Wales]] in [[Australia]].
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This species is a shrub, growing up to 3 metres in height. Its leaves are narrow-obovate to round or elliptic to narrow-elliptic . The flowers which are red, or occasionally pink, appear  predominantly from late winter to late spring (August to November in Australia) but appear sporadically throughout the year.
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The species occurs in [[Sydney]] and the surrounding area in moist areas within dry [[sclerophyll]] woodland or heathland.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:48, 9 August 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Flower features: red, pink
Scientific Names

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Grevillea speciosa, also known as Red Spider Flower, is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia.

This species is a shrub, growing up to 3 metres in height. Its leaves are narrow-obovate to round or elliptic to narrow-elliptic . The flowers which are red, or occasionally pink, appear predominantly from late winter to late spring (August to November in Australia) but appear sporadically throughout the year.

The species occurs in Sydney and the surrounding area in moist areas within dry sclerophyll woodland or heathland.

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