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Grevillea buxifolia

Gray Spiderflower

Family ProteaceaeGenus Grevillea

A spidery cluster of curled, hairy pinkish-white flowers above small, dark green pointed leaves
FlowerEric in SFCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
shrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pinkish-whiteRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
New South WalesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Gray spider flower is found only in New South Wales, yet it is listed as of least concern because it is locally common and grows in protected areas. Its main threat is fires that come too often. Wikipedia: Grevillea buxifolia

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.

100% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Grevillea p. 37Public domain
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Grevillea (Proteaceae). The first two were seeds that had been DS for several years. G. buxifolia germ. best (4/4 in 3rd w at 70) if both the outer seed coat and the inner testa were removed.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Grevillea p. 37. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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