Grevillea floribunda R.Br.

Growth Form and Size

Grevillea floribunda is a spreading shrub that usually grows 0.4 to 1.8 meters (1 foot 4 inches to 5 feet 11 inches) tall.

Leaf Characteristics

Its leaves range from oblong to egg-shaped, are mostly 20 to 80 millimeters (0.79 to 3.15 inches) long and 2 to 20 millimeters (0.079 to 0.787 inches) wide, and have soft hairs on the lower surface.

Flower Arrangement

The flowers are arranged in groups of six to twenty, most often at the ends of branches.

Perianth and Pistil Features

The perianth is greenish, covered in woolly rusty-brown hairs, and the pistil is 9.0 to 19.5 millimeters (0.35 to 0.77 inches) long.

Ovary and Style Traits

The ovary is sessile and the style is reddish.

Flowering Period and Fruit

Flowering can happen in any month, with a peak in spring, and the fruit is a hairy follicle 10.5 to 17 millimeters (0.41 to 0.67 inches) long.

Common Name and Habitat

This grevillea, commonly known as seven dwarfs grevillea, grows in forest and woodland.

Main Distribution

It is widespread across the tablelands and western slopes of New South Wales, and in south-eastern Queensland.

Unconfirmed Distribution Record

There is one unconfirmed record of this species from Killawarra Forest in Victoria.

Subspecies Distribution

The subspecies Grevillea floribunda tenella is only found in the Darling Downs region of Queensland.