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Endemic to arid regions of Australia, the Rattlepod Grevillea (Grevillea stenobotrya) derives the locally common name from the rattling noise made from the dry seed pods when shaken.
From the family Proteaceae, this is a shrub to small tree with striking cream to pale yellow inflorescence, cylindrical in shape. On the young shrub, the flowers tend to be a stronger yellow to cream and often more pointed in shape. In the more mature shrubs the flowers are cream to pale yellow. The inflorescence appear in clustered spikes at the end of the branches.
The leaves are linear, occasionally divided, growing to between 5 to 25 cm long. The fruit is flat and rounded with a short beak, and were eaten by the local Aboriginal people. The leaves have medicinal properties.
The flowers attract many different types of insects from the honey bee (Apis mellifera), native bees, wasps, butterflies and moths.
The name comes from the Greek word stenos (narrow) and botrys (bunch of grapes).
Common name
Rattle-pod Grevillea, Sandhill Grevillea, Sandhill Spider Flower, Sandhill Drevilles.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Order: Proteales
- Family: Proteaceae
- Genus: Grevillea
- Species: Grevillea stenobotrya
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