Grevillea lanigera
{{Short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Victoria and New South Wales in Australia}}
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{{Speciesbox
|name = Woolly grevillea
|image = Grevillea lanigera.jpg
|image_caption = Grevillea lanigera in the ANBG
|genus = Grevillea
|species = lanigera
|authority = A.Cunn. ex R.Br.{{cite web|title=Grevillea lanigera|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/88705|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=8 June 2022}}
|synonyms = {{collapsible list|
- Grevillea baueri var. pubescens Benth. nom. illeg.
- Grevillea ericifolia R.Br.
- Grevillea ericifolia R.Br. var. ericifolia
- Grevillea ericifolia var. muelleri Meisn.
- Grevillea ericifolia var. scabrella (Meisn.) Benth.
- Grevillea lanigera A.Cunn. ex R.Br. var. lanigera
- Grevillea lanigera var. planifolia Meisn.
- Grevillea lanigera var. revoluta Meisn.
- Grevillea scabrella Meisn. nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Grevillea scabrella Meisn.
}}
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Grevillea lanigera, commonly known as woolly grevillea,{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea lanigera |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~lanigera |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=8 June 2022}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with narrowly oblong to more or less linear leaves and clusters of pink to red, and cream-coloured flowers.
Description
Grevillea lanigera is usually a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|20–50|cm}}, sometimes a dense rounded shrub to {{cvt|2|m}} high. Its leaves are narrowly oblong to more or less linear, {{cvt|5–40|mm}} long and {{cvt|0.7–5|mm}} wide, with the edges turned down or rolled under. The lower surface of the leaves is shaggy-hairy. The flowers are arranged in clusters of two to ten on a rachis {{cvt|2.5–10|mm}} long and are pale pink to red and cream-coloured. The style is shaggy- or woolly-hairy except near its tip, the pistil {{cvt|13.5–19.5|mm}} long and hairy inside. Flowering mainly occurs from July to December, but flowers are sometimes present in other months. The fruit is a shaggy-hairy, elliptic to oblong follicle {{cvt|10–15|mm}} long.{{cite web |title=Grevillea lanigera |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20lanigera |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=8 June 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea lanigera |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/0306b569-9ec5-4d44-8644-33073a06a957 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=8 June 2022}}{{cite web|title=Grevilllea lanigera|publisher=Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)|url=https://anpsa.org.au/plant_profiles/grevillea-lanigera/|access-date=8 June 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea lanigera was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in his Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected near the Lachlan River by Allan Cunningham.{{cite web|title=Grevillea lanigera|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/509482|publisher=APNI|accessdate=8 June 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |title=Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae |date=1830 |location=London |page=20 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77294#page/534/mode/1up |access-date=9 June 2022}} The specific epithet (lanigera) means "wool-bearing".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=234 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Woolly grevillea grows in moist, rocky places in scrub, woodland and forest, south from near Dubbo and east of the Riverina in New South Wales, mainly on the coast and tablelands through the Australian Capital Territory to eastern Victoria.
The species is variable in habit, features of the leaves and abundance of flowers, and forms hybrids with G. rosmarinifolia, G. polybractea and G. floribunda.
Use in horticulture
This grevillea is popular in cultivation and can be grown from seed or from cuttings. It is hardy in a range of climate and soil conditions. It is drought and frost hardy but prefers a sunny position in the garden.{{cite web |last1=Sopakayoung |first1=Nonglak |title=Grevillea lanigera |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2011/grevillea-lanigera.html |publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens |access-date=9 June 2022}}