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{{SPlantbox
 
{{SPlantbox
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|familia=Melianthaceae
 
|genus=Greyia
 
|genus=Greyia
 
|species=radlkoferi
 
|species=radlkoferi
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|taxo_author=Szyszyl.
 
|common_name=Transvaal bottlebrush
 
|common_name=Transvaal bottlebrush
 
|name_ref=yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|name_ref=yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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|Max wd metric=ft
 
|Max wd metric=ft
 
|width_ref=yclopedia ISBN 088yclopedia ISBN 08819yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|width_ref=yclopedia ISBN 088yclopedia ISBN 08819yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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|lifespan=perennial
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|life_ref=Wikipedia
 
|exposure=sun
 
|exposure=sun
 
|sun_ref=yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|sun_ref=yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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|usda_ref=yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|usda_ref=yclopedia ISBN 0881925381
 
|max_zone=11
 
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
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|image=Greyia radlkoferi 6.jpg
|image_width=240
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|image_width=200
 
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Describe the plant here...
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'''''Greyia radlkoferi'''''  ('''woolly bottlebrush''' or '''Natal bottlebrush''') is a shrub or small tree, native to [[South Africa]].<ref name=SANBI>{{cite web|title=''Greyia radlkoferi''|publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute|url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/greyrad.htm|accessdate=2009-12-08}}</ref> It grows up to 5 metres in height and has smooth yellowish bark, becoming grey and deeply furrowed as it matures. The leaves are oval or heart-shaped and woolly on the undersurface, which distinguishes the species from ''[[Greyia sutherlandii]]''.The scarlet flowers occur in dense, upright clusters from July to October in the species native range.<ref name=SANBI/>
    
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==