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Australian Plants on Postage Stamps |
Date of issue: 13 February 2007
Designer: Lynette Traynor
Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: SEP Sprint & Pemara
Plant: Grevillea mucronulata
Family: Proteaceae
Green Spider Flower
(Synonym = G. cinerea)
Low, often spreading, shrub to 1 m with elliptical leaves to 2 cm. Pendant clusters of green flowers are produced most of the year. Distribution: NSW.
Propagation From cuttings.
Cultivation A hardy plant but flowers are not easily seen. Needs a well-drained, sunny position. Mainly for collectors..
