Appearance
The laurel-leaf grevillea grows as a spreading shrub with a prostrate habit that can attain a diameter of 4.5 m. The leaves are oval or sometimes heart-shaped and measure 3–12 cm in length by 2–6 cm in width, and have entire or crenulate margins. The flower spikes appear from September to January, with a peak in abundance in November. They are dark-red to grey-red in colour and measure 2–6 cm long.
Distribution
The laurel-leaf grevillea occurs in the Blue Mountains, from Newnes in the north to Wombeyan Caves in the south, and east to Wentworth Falls and Warrimoo. It grows in low-nutrient clay-, shale- and sand-based soils, either on ridges and slopes or in the vicinity of swampy areas.
Habitat
The habitat is open sclerophyll forest under such trees as silvertop ash ''Eucalyptus sieberi'', Sydney peppermint , broad-leaved peppermint, brown barrel and alongside shrubs such as ''Mirbelia platyloboides'', dense phyllota, mountain geebung, myrtle geebung and stiff-leaf wattle, or in more open woodland or heath associated with Faulconbridge mallee ash, Blue Mountains mallee ash, scribbly gum, and silver banksia.References:
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