Scientific Name: Grevillea australis

Common Name: southern grevillea

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Proteaceae

Form Description: Very variable shrub. Branches erect, spreading or procumbent, often prostrate.

Height (m): 0.25 – 2.5

Flowers: White, in small heads in leaf axils and at the end of short shoots.

Fruit: Seed follicle – hairy. Winged seed .

Municipality
George TownLaunceston
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt ForestHeathRiparian
Habitat Notes

Widespread but occasional in alpine shrubberies, shrubby sub-alpine heaths, open forests and riparian scrub; mostly on soils derived from sandstones or dolerite, from sea-level to about 1000m.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Rocky

General Notes

Resistant to wildlife browsing due to its unpalatability. Flowering and seeding times according to specimens examined at the Tasmanian Herbarium by Alan Gray.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed is released at maturity. The seed should be stored with a dusting of fungicide and insecticide. Storage at 4°C will prolong seed viability for up to 5 years.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Storage Life

Up to 5 years

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed should be sown when cool night temperatures are combined with mild day temperatures.

Germination Time

3-6 weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from cuttings.