Creeping Grevillea
Grevillea repens
Family Proteaceae
About
Grevillea repens, the creeping grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a prostrate, often mat-forming shrub, that has leaves with 5 to 19 teeth or lobes, and light green or grey, toothbrush-like flowers with reddish striations and a deep red, or dull orange to yellow style.
How to spot it
Grevillea repens is a prostrate trailing, often mat-forming shrub that typically grows up to 3 m (9.8 ft) wide. Its leaves are narrowly oblong to egg-shaped or elliptic, 15–115 mm (0.59–4.53 in) long and 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) wide, usually with 5 to 19 teeth or lobes up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long and more or less evenly spaced around the edges. The teeth are sometimes sharply pointed and the lower surface is usually covered with wavy hairs pressed against the surface. The flowers are arranged in c
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Lerderderg State Park — Melbourne, the Dandenongs & Central Victoria hikes