Grevillea banksii
Grevillea banksii subsp. var. | Bankss grevillea, Red silky oak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grevillea banksii, known by various common names including Red silky oak, Dwarf silky oak, Banks' grevillea, Byfield waratah and, in Hawaii, Kahili flower or Kahili tree is a plant of the large genus Grevillea in the diverse family Proteaceae. Native to Queensland, it has been a popular garden plant for many years though has been superseded somewhat horticulturally by smaller and more floriferous hybrids.
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Grevillea banksii, R. Br. Tall shrub or slender small tree, with branches rusty-tomentose: lvs. 4-8 in. long, pinnate or deeply pinnatifid, the segms. 3-11 and broad-linear or lanceolate, margins revolute: racemes terminal, erect and dense, 2—t in. long; fls. red, tomentose outside and glabrous inside: fr. about 1 in. long, obliquely ovate.—Offered abroad. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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