Grevillea leucopteris Meisn.

Old Socks

Dense shrub to 3 m or so tall with long, arching branches, the flowering stems emergent from the bush. Leaves 12-35 cm long, leathery, pinnate with mostly 11-23 segments, densely white-hairy below. Flower clusters terminal, 10 to 15 cm long, 5-8 cm wide. Flowers cream, strongly fragrant. Fruit flattened, to 2.5 cm long.

WA.

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