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Grevillea juniperina

Wild seedling, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 15/03/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 16/09/2014, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted shrub - self-established seedlings on clay bank below.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 29/02/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

juniper leaf grevillea

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Simplified description

Low-growing woody shrub

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Distribution

Eastern New South Wales and South-east Queensland, Australia

Habitat

(In NZ as adventive on south aspect of steep clay roadside bank in Whanganui - CHR 635168, 635169; self-seeding from garden above; 16 Sep2014)

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Grevillea

Family

Proteaceae

Authority

Grevillea juniperina R.Br.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

2012 (Nelson)

Origin

Australia

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Self-seeding

Other information

Etymology

grevillea: Named after Charles F. Greville (1749-1809), Earl of Warwick, Lord of the Admiralty, founder member of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1804, Vice President of the Royal Society.

juniperina: Named after the genus Juniper, which is an old Latin name for juniper

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

CHR 635168, 635169 - self-established seedlings and garden flowering material 16 Sep2014

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