About Grevillea phylicoides R.Br.
Grevillea phylicoides, commonly known as grey spider flower, is a shrub that usually grows 1 to 2 meters (3 feet 3 inches to 6 feet 7 inches) tall. It has branchlets covered in woolly to shaggy hairs. Its leaves are roughly elliptic, oblong, or lance-shaped with the narrower end at the base, and are mostly 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) wide. The leaf edges are curved downwards, and the lower leaf surface is covered in shaggy hairs. The flowers are arranged in umbel-like groups, and are covered in white to grey, woolly to shaggy hairs, with a pistil 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long. Flowering takes place from July to March, and the fruit is an oval follicle approximately 15 mm (0.59 in) long. Grey spider flower is similar to Grevillea buxifolia, but it has narrower leaves and smaller clusters of flowers. This species grows in woodland and heath habitats in areas between Wisemans Ferry, the Colo Wilderness, the Burragorang Valley, and Wentworth Falls in eastern New South Wales.
