
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