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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = Grevillea aquifolium
| image = Grevillea_aquifolium.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = ''[[Plantae]]''
| ordo = ''[[Proteales]]''
| familia = ''[[Proteaceae]]''
| genus = ''[[Grevillea]]''
| species = '''''G. aquifolium'''''
| binomial = ''Grevillea aquifolium''
| binomial_authority = [[Lindl.]]
}}
'''''Grevillea aquifolium''''' or '''Holly Grevillea''' is a shrubby or scrambling plant endemic to [[South Australia]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. In occurs naturally in woodland, open forest and heathland.
The height of the shrubby forms usually ranges between 1 and 2 metres, while prostrate forms are also observed in their natural distribution . The flowers occur in terminal one-sided racemes, typical of what are commonly referred to as "toothbrush" grevilleas. They are red or occasionally yellowish-green. The foliage is usually lobed with sharp points on the lobes.
==Forms==
A number of naturally-occurring forms have been brought into culivation, including the following:
*Carpenter Rocks form
*[[Halls Gap]] form
*[[Little Desert]] form
*Serra Road form
== External links==
*[http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/g-aqu.html Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP): ''Grevillea aquifolium'']
{{proteaceae-stub}}
[[Category:Flora of South Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of Victoria]]
[[Category:Grevillea]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
| name = Grevillea aquifolium
| image = Grevillea_aquifolium.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = ''[[Plantae]]''
| ordo = ''[[Proteales]]''
| familia = ''[[Proteaceae]]''
| genus = ''[[Grevillea]]''
| species = '''''G. aquifolium'''''
| binomial = ''Grevillea aquifolium''
| binomial_authority = [[Lindl.]]
}}
'''''Grevillea aquifolium''''' or '''Holly Grevillea''' is a shrubby or scrambling plant endemic to [[South Australia]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. In occurs naturally in woodland, open forest and heathland.
The height of the shrubby forms usually ranges between 1 and 2 metres, while prostrate forms are also observed in their natural distribution . The flowers occur in terminal one-sided racemes, typical of what are commonly referred to as "toothbrush" grevilleas. They are red or occasionally yellowish-green. The foliage is usually lobed with sharp points on the lobes.
==Forms==
A number of naturally-occurring forms have been brought into culivation, including the following:
*Carpenter Rocks form
*[[Halls Gap]] form
*[[Little Desert]] form
*Serra Road form
== External links==
*[http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/g-aqu.html Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP): ''Grevillea aquifolium'']
{{proteaceae-stub}}
[[Category:Flora of South Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of Victoria]]
[[Category:Grevillea]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
