About Grevillea chrysophaea Meisn.
Grevillea chrysophaea Meisn., commonly known as golden grevillea, is a spreading, or occasionally prostrate, shrub. It typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2.5 metres (1 foot 0 inch to 8 feet 2 inches). Its leaves are oblong to almost linear, 15 to 60 millimetres (0.59 to 2.36 inches) long and 3 to 15 millimetres (0.12 to 0.59 inches) wide, with edges that are turned down or rolled under. The upper surface of the leaves is either glabrous or softly hairy, while the lower surface has woolly to velvety hair. The flowers are arranged in groups of two to eight on the ends of branchlets, and range in colour from dull to golden yellow. The pistil of this species is 15 to 21.5 millimetres (0.59 to 0.85 inches) long, with a red or orange-red style. Flowering occurs mostly from June to November, and the fruit it produces is a hairy, elliptic follicle that is 11 to 13 millimetres (0.43 to 0.51 inches) long. This species usually grows in eucalypt or banksia woodland in the Brisbane Ranges and Gippsland, in southern Victoria, Australia.
