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'''''Grevillea chrysophaea''''', commonly known as '''Golden Grevillea''', is a  shrub which is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in [[Australia]].
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This species is a spreading, or occasionally prostrate, shrub and ranges between 0.3 and 2.5 metres in height. Its leaves are entire, oblong-elliptic to linear, and are  1.5 to 6 cm long and 3 to 15 mm in width. The flowers range in colour from a dull to golden yellow and have a red to orange-red style. They are most prolific between early winter and early summer.
    
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==
 
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Plants are best suited to coastal or mountain environments (within Australia) and prefer light, moist soils in a protected situation.
    
===Propagation===
 
===Propagation===
 
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Propagation is from seed or cuttings, although the latter are difficult to strike.
    
===Pests and diseases===
 
===Pests and diseases===
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==Varieties==
 
==Varieties==
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Named forms include:
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*'[[Brisbane Ranges]] form'
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*'[[Gippsland]] form'
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*'[[Holey Plains]] form'
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The form described as ''Grevillea chrysophaea'' var. ''canescens'' H.B.Will. is not currently recognised as a separate variety. It is procumbent and compact and has smaller flowers but produces them in greater numbers.The [[type specimen]] was collected at [[Sperm Whale Head]].
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The variant previously known as ''Grevillea'' sp. aff. ''chrysophaea'' or ''Grevillea'' aff. ''chrysophaea'' ([[Nowa Nowa]]) is currently regarded as a separate species, ''[[Grevillea celata]]'' Molyneux.
    
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==