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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]].
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==
Plants are best suited to coastal or mountain environments (within Australia) and prefer light, moist soils in a protected situation.
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
Propagation is from seed or cuttings, although the latter are difficult to strike.
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Varieties==
Named forms include:
*'[[Brisbane Ranges]] form'
*'[[Gippsland]] form'
*'[[Holey Plains]] form'
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]].
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.
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