Grevillea sp.

Grevillea at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Grevillea sp.	11 Aug 2023	Tapirlord
Persoonia sp.	10 Aug 2023	lbradley
Grevillea sp.	10 Aug 2023	natureguy
Unidentified	10 Aug 2023	lbradley

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5 comments

lbradley wrote:

10 Aug 2023

Probably grevillea but looks a bit like persoonia laurina which is widely available in plant nurseries according to ChatGPT. See
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/64808611
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/104172262
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/100990254

lbradley wrote:

10 Aug 2023

I've gone back through the iNat photos. The iNat leaves aren't as fuzzy and the buds aren't as gnarly as mine. So, let's leave it as grevillea sp. or even unidentified and we'll see what happens. I pass by there frequently.

lbradley wrote:

10 Aug 2023

I take that back. I don't think it's grevillea. Grevillea leaves are arranged alternately along the branchlets. Persoonia leaves are usually arranged alternately but sometimes in opposite pairs, or in whorls of three or four. I'm calling it persoonia for now.

Tapirlord wrote:

11 Aug 2023

It's a Grevillea. The leaves are alternate as a opposed to opposite, and the reddish colour of buds is also diagnostic (if the other option is persoonia). This is G.victoriae or a cultivar of it.

lbradley wrote:

11 Aug 2023

Yeah, they are alternate now that I look again. I think what threw me was the photos with several leaves coming out of the same node.

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