Grevillea oleoides

taxobox
name = Red Spider Flower

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regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Grevillea"
species = "G. oleoides "
binomial = "Grevillea oleoides"
binomial_authority = Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.|

"Grevillea oleoides", also known as Red Spider Flower is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia.

Description

The species is an erect shrub, growing up to 3 metres in height. Its leaves are usually narrow-obovate and occasionally sublinear. The flowers which are red, or occasionally pink, appear predominantly from late winter to late spring (August to November in Australia) but appear sporadically throughout the year.

Distribution

The species occurs in Sydney and the surrounding area in dry sclerophyll woodland or heathland in moist locations near creeks or swamps.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1827 by Franz Sieber.

Synonyms include:
*"Grevillea seymouriae" Sweet ex Meisn.
*"Grevillea oleoides" Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f. var. "oleoides"
*"Grevillea oleoides" Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f. subsp. "oleoides"
*"Grevillea speciosa" subsp. "oleoides" (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) McGill.

References

*Flora of Australia Online|name="Grevillea oleiodes" |id=2791
*APNI | name = "Grevillea oleoides" Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.| id = 42594
* [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~oleoides PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online: "Grevillea oleoides"]