Appearance
"Grevillea paradoxa" is an erect to open, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2 m and has prickly foliage. Its leaves are 15–55 mm long and pinnatipartite, with 3 to 9 widely spreading, sharply pointed, linear lobes, each usually dividing at least once, the end lobes 5–20 mm long and 0.5–1.5 mm wide. The flowers are arranged in erect, cylindrical clusters on a rachis 40–80 mm long, and are pale to dark pink or cream-coloured, the pistil 15–18 mm long and the style pinkish-red or pale pink to cream. Flowering mainly occurs from June to October, and the fruit is an oval follicle 8–13 mm long and hairy.Distribution
Bottlebrush grevillea grows in mallee scrub and shrubland and is widespread between Mullewa, Wubin, Kondinin Kalgoorlie and the Die Hardy Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia.Status
This grevillea is listed as "not threatened", by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.Cultural
The popular garden plant, "Grevillea" 'Dorothy Gordon', is a hybrid between "G. sessilis" and "G. paradoxa".References:
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