Grevillea coccinea facts for kids

Grevillea coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet grevillea, is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to an area along the south coast of the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.

The spreading non-lignotuberous shrub typically grows to 0.5 to 2.5 metres (2 to 8 ft) in height and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple undissected leaves are 30 to 95 millimetres (1.2 to 3.7 in) long and 1 to 4 mm (0.0 to 0.2 in) wide. The inflorescence is terminal has a raceme with regular cream, green or red flowers and appears between July and December. It will produce a simple, hairy, ribbed, ovoid red-brown fruit that is 11 to 16 mm (0.4 to 0.6 in) long.

G. coccinea is often found among medium size trees or in tall shrubland and in heathland. It can grow in loam, sand or gravelly soils in areas of granite, laterite or quartzite.

There are two recognised subspecies:

• Grevillea coccinea subsp. coccinea
• Grevillea coccinea subsp. lanata