| Red Toothbrushes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. hookeriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea hookeriana Meisn. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Grevillea pritzelii Diels |
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Grevillea hookeriana (Red Toothbrushes or Hooker's Grevillea) is a shrub species in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the south west region of Western Australia.[1]
It usually grows to between 0.5 and 2.5 metres in height and 4 metres wide..[2] Yellow, red or black "toothbrush" flowers are produced between May and November.[1]
The species was formally described by botanist Carl Meissner in Plantae Preissianae in 1845.[3]
A cultivar known as G.'Red Hooks' (often erroneously referred to as G. hookeriana or G. hookerana) has been in cultivation for many years. It is a hybrid of G. hookeriana and G. tetragonoloba.[4]
G. hookeriana is comparatively rare in cultivation, and less vigorous than the cultivar. It is best suited to a climate where the summers are dry.[4] It requires good drainage and prefers a sunny or partially shaded position and has moderate frost resistance.[4] Propagation is from semi-mature cuttings or seed.[4]