Woolly Grevillea (Grevillea lanigera)

Woolly Grevillea is found in New South Wales and Victoria. Growing up to 1.5-m high with flowers of red and pink with hints of white and yellow, which can mainly be seen in winter and spring but are known to sporadically occur at other times in the year. Providing good habitat and nesting sites for small birds, particularly honeyeaters, as well as food for native moths, butterflies and nectar-eating birds. Woolly Grevillea is drought and frost tolerant. Many diverse Aboriginal groups use Grevillea to make sweet drinks and nectar can be sucked directly as a sweet treat also.

Soure: Indigenous plant use; A booklet on the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of indigenous plants; By Zena Cumpston; Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Hub in Melbourne 2020