WorldFloraDB - Grevillea pungens

Characteristics

Shrub 1-3 m tall. Leaves 1.5-8.5 cm long, 15-30 mm wide, ovate to narrowly so in gross outline, dentate to pinnatipartite, with 6-30 (-50) triangular to linear, rigid, pungent teeth or lobes; lower lobes usually again toothed or divided; longest ultimate lobes 5-15 mm long; margins recurved; lower surface sericeous. Conflorescence usually simple, decurved to erect, secund, acropetal; floral rachis (30-) 40-110 mm long. Flowers acroscopic throughout or sometimes twisting to basiscopic orientation in late bud stage; pedicels retrorse, 2.5-4 mm long. Flower colour: perianth often yellow to light green in bud, becoming red, pink, white, purplish, or orange; style usually matching. Perianth glabrous or with scattered erect glandular hairs outside, glabrous or bearded inside in throat. Pistil 15.5-17.5 mm long; stipe 3.8-6.0 mm long, glabrous; style with scattered erect glandular hairs. Follicle ellipsoidal-obovoid with an obtuse apiculum, 16-25 mm long, thin-walled, glabrous or with glandular hairs.

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A small shrub 1-2 m high. The branches spread and arch over. The leaves are stiff and prickly. The are dull green on top and whitish underneath. The blade is 1.6-6 cm long and 1.5-2.5 cm wide. The shape varies. They can be entire with teeth around the edge or deeply divided into lobes. The flowers are orange-red. The style sticks out. They are about 1.5-2 cm long and arranged along stalks 4-6 cm long. These are near the ends of branches. The fruit are woody follicles. These are 1.5-2 cm long by 0.6 cm wide. They are brown when ripe and contain 2 seeds.

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Growth form	shrub
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
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Environment

A tropical plant. They grow naturally in open forest on sandy soil. They need sunny sites and well-drained soil.

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Grows in open eucalypt woodland in sandy soils, often in rocky situations or near watercourses.

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Usage

The flowers are sucked for nectar.

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Edible	nectars
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or tip cuttings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	20 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°)	23 - 26
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	soaking
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Distribution

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704001-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000709505
COL ID	3HCWW
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Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Grevillea leichardtii Grevillea pungens

WorldFloraDB 2024

Grevillea pungens R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Grevillea