About Grevillea buxifolia (Sm.) R.Br.
Grevillea buxifolia, commonly known as grey spider flower, is an erect to spreading shrub that typically reaches 0.5 to 2 metres (1 foot 8 inches to 6 feet 7 inches) in height. Its leaves are egg-shaped, ranging from narrowly oblong to elliptic, measuring 7 to 35 millimetres (0.28 to 1.38 inches) long and 2.0 to 8.5 millimetres (0.079 to 0.335 inches) wide, with edges that are curved downward or rolled under. The flowers grow in clusters at the ends of branchlets, and are covered in woolly rust-coloured to fawn and whitish hairs; the pistil is 11 to 21 millimetres (0.43 to 0.83 inches) long. Flowering occurs mainly from spring to autumn, and the fruit is an usually hairy oval follicle that is 18 to 22 millimetres (0.71 to 0.87 inches) long. This species grows in woodland or heath in New South Wales, where it occurs on the South Coast, Central Coast, and extends inland to near Pigeon House Mountain west of Ulladulla. The subspecies Grevillea buxifolia subsp. ecorniculata is restricted to the area between Putty, Gospers Mountain and Wollombi, north-west of Sydney.
