Grey Spider Flower
Grevillea buxifolia
Family Proteaceae
NSW sandstone endemic
About
A NSW-endemic grevillea named among the open-forest shrubs of Royal National Park, with distinctive woolly, spider-like flower clusters that flower through most of the year.
How to spot it
An erect to spreading shrub 0.5-2m tall with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves 7-35mm long. Woolly flower clusters in rust, fawn or whitish tones give the 'spider flower' its name, developing into hairy oval fruit 18-22mm long.
Found in
- Royal National Park
Source: Wikipedia: Royal National Park