About Grevillea steiglitziana N.A.Wakef.
Grevillea steiglitziana N.A.Wakef. is a spreading shrub that typically reaches a height of 0.7 to 2 metres (2 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 7 inches), and it has branchlets covered in silky hairs. Its leaves are pinnatifid to pinnatipartite, with an overall egg shape, and measure 25–70 mm (0.98–2.76 in) long and 25–55 mm (0.98–2.17 in) wide. Leaves usually have 5 to 7 lobes, which are often further divided. The end lobes are roughly triangular, 3–22 mm (0.12–0.87 in) long, up to 13 mm (0.51 in) wide, and end in a sharp point. Flowers are arranged in clusters along one side of a 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long rachis, and are greenish-brown with a red style. The pistil of this species is 22–27 mm (0.87–1.06 in) long. Flowering takes place from September to January, and the fruit is a silky-hairy follicle 12.5–13.5 mm (0.49–0.53 in) long. This grevillea grows in dry sclerophyll forest in the Brisbane Ranges. It is named for the town of Steiglitz, Victoria. In the 1970s, Brisbane Ranges National Park west of Melbourne was invaded by Phytophthora cinnamomi. After more resistant plants such as grasses and sedges regrew, Grevillea steiglitziana, alongside species like Banksia marginata, was part of the secondary regrowth of understorey species in the area.
