Grevillea refracta R.Br.

Tree or shrub, 2-6 m tall. Leaves pinnatipartite to almost pinnatisect and 4-21 cm long, or sometimes entire and elliptic or narrowly so to obovate or occasionally sublinear, 7-19 cm long, 2-31 mm wide; lobes up to 27, entire, obovate to elliptic or linear, 4-13 cm long, 1-45 mm wide, decurrent, pliable, not pungent; margins recurved to flat; lower surface sericeous to tomentose or subvillous. Conflorescence with 2-6 spreading to refracted branches; unit conflorescence recurved to refracted, secund, basipetal; ultimate floral rachis 5-20 mm long. Flowers acroscopic; pedicels spreading to retrorse, 4-8 mm long. Perianth subsericeous to villous or glandular-tomentose outside, with a transverse beard of hairs and papillae inside opposite summit of ovary. Pistil 15-22.5 mm long, glabrous; stipe 2.0-4.2 mm long. Follicle obliquely broadly ellipsoidal to subglobose, 18-31 mm long, thick-walled, glabrous.

A tropical plant. It grows in sand and gravelly soils.

The seeds and gum are eaten. The nectar is sucked or used for drinks.

Plants regrow naturally from seed. Seed germinate easily if soaked in hot water. Seed take about 33 days to germinate. It can be grown by cuttings.