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|genus=Telopea
|genus=Telopea
|species=oreades
|species=oreades
|taxo_author=F.Muell.
|common_name=Gippsland Waratah
|common_name=Gippsland Waratah
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=shrub
|Min ht box=10
|Min ht box=10
|Min ht metric=ft
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=30
|Max ht box=30
|Max ht metric=ft
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=10
|Max wd box=10
|Max wd metric=ft
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, pink
|flowers=red, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|min_zone=9
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
|max_zone=10
|image=Teloreades1.jpg
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
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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==
==Cultivation==
==Varieties==
==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==
