About Grevillea reptans Makinson
Grevillea reptans, commonly known as Tin Can Bay grevillea, is usually a prostrate to arching sub-shrub that typically grows up to 30 cm (12 in) tall. It produces long, pliable, vine-like or arching branches. Its leaves are more or less linear, measuring 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, with edges rolled under. Flowers are arranged at branch ends in branched clusters that form on a 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) long peduncle. Each branch of the flowering cluster holds 16 to 24 flowers positioned on one side of the flowering rachis, with the youngest flowers located towards the end of the rachis. The flowers are mauve-pink and covered in woolly to shaggy hairs. The style turns red as it ages, and the pistil is 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. Flowering occurs mainly from August to November, and the fruit produced is a follicle 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. This grevillea grows in shrubby woodland and heathy wallum, found in scattered locations between Burrum Heads, Tewantin and Cooloola National Park, north of Brisbane in south-eastern Queensland.
