Grevillea insignis Meisn.

Wax Grevillea

Shrub to 4 m tall. Leaves holly-like, waxy-blue, ovate to obovate, wavy-edged with needled teeth. Flower cluster erect or hanging, sometimes branched. Flowers cream becoming pink, hairless and shiny outside, bearded inside; winter to summer. Style pale pink to red. Fruit hairy at first.

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Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
genus        Grevillea Knight