About Grevillea paradoxa F.Muell.
Grevillea paradoxa, commonly known as bottlebrush grevillea, is an erect, open, spreading shrub that typically grows 0.5 to 2 metres (1 foot 8 inches to 6 feet 7 inches) tall, and has prickly foliage. Its leaves are 15 to 55 millimetres (0.59 to 2.17 inches) long and pinnatipartite, with 3 to 9 widely spreading, sharply pointed, linear lobes. Each lobe usually divides at least once, and the end lobes measure 5 to 20 millimetres (0.20 to 0.79 inches) long and 0.5 to 1.5 millimetres (0.020 to 0.059 inches) wide. The flowers are arranged in erect, cylindrical clusters on a rachis that is 40 to 80 millimetres (1.6 to 3.1 inches) long, and are pale to dark pink or cream-coloured. The pistil is 15 to 18 millimetres (0.59 to 0.71 inches) long, and the style is pinkish-red or pale pink to cream. Flowering occurs mainly from June to October, and the fruit is an oval, hairy follicle 8 to 13 millimetres (0.31 to 0.51 inches) long. This species grows in mallee scrub and shrubland, and is widespread across areas between Mullewa, Wubin, Kondinin, Kalgoorlie and the Die Hardy Range. It occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia. In horticulture, the popular garden hybrid Grevillea 'Dorothy Gordon' has G. paradoxa as one parent, with the other parent being G. sessilis.
