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Golden Grevillea

Golden Grevillea

Grevillea pteridifolia

Family Proteaceae

Fern-leaved grevillea of Top End woodlands

About

A flowering shrub or small tree, 2-14 m tall, with fern-like divided leaves and bright orange-yellow flower clusters that peak from May to September. It is widespread across the monsoonal woodlands of northern Australia.

How to spot it

Pinnatisect, fern-like leaves 100-450 mm long with silky hairs on the underside and rolled-under margins; showy orange-yellow to reddish flower clusters on one-sided racemes; shaggy-haired seed pods.

Found in

  • Litchfield National Park

Source: Wikipedia: Grevillea pteridifolia

Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons