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{{Taxobox
| name = Spider-net Grevillea
| image = Grevillea thelemanniana.jpg
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Proteaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Grevillea]]''
| species = '''''G. thelemanniana'''''
| binomial = ''Grevillea thelemanniana''
| binomial_authority = [[Charles von Hügel|Hügel]] ex [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]
}}
The '''Spider-net Grevillea''' ('''''Grevillea thelemanniana''''') is a small, spreading shrub which is [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Western Australia]]. The pink or red flowers appear between late autumn and late spring. The species occurs in the [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] region in low-lowing areas on sandy and sandy-clay soils which are generally wet in the winter. It grows to between 0.3 and 1.5 m high.
A number of former subspecies are now regarded as species in their own right:
*subsp. ''delta'' <small> McGill. </small> is now ''[[Grevillea delta]]'' <small> (McGill.) Olde & Marriott </small>
*subsp. ''fililoba'' <small> McGill. </small> is now ''[[Grevillea fililoba]]'' <small> (McGill.) Olde & Marriot </small>
*subsp. ''hirtella'' <small> (Benth.) McGill. </small> is now ''[[Grevillea hirtella]]'' <small> (Benth.) Olde & Marriott </small>
*subsp.'' obtusifolia'' <small> (Meisn.) McGill. </small> is now ''[[Grevillea obtusifolia]]'' <small> Meisn. </small>
*subsp. ''pinaster'' <small> (Meisn.) McGill.</small> is now ''[[Grevillea pinaster]]'' <small> Meisn. </small>
*subsp. ''preissii'' <small> (Meisn.) McGill. </small> is now ''[[Grevillea preissii]]'' <small> Meisn. </small>
*'form e' (prostrate or grey-leaf form) is now ''[[Grevillea humifusa]]'' <small> Olde & Marriott </small>
==References==
*{{APNI | name = ''Grevillea thelemanniana'' Hugel ex Endl. | id = 13203}}
*[http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/flora?f=090&level=s&id=2107 FloraBase The West Australian Flora: ''Grevillea thelemanniana'']
*[http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/quick?q=Grevillea+thelemanniana FloraBase The West Australian Flora: ''Grevillea thelemanniana'' (taxonomy)]