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{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Proteaceae}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Alpine grevillea
| image = Grevillea australis.jpg
| image_caption = ''Grevillea australis'' [[Baw Baw National Park]], Victoria
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="IUCN"/>
| genus = Grevillea
| species = australis
| authority = [[R.Br.]]<ref name=APC>{{cite web|title=''Grevillea australis''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/98275|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="APC" />
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|
* ''Grevillea amplicifolia'' [[Meisn.]] nom. inval.
* ''Grevillea amplifica'' [[F.Muell.]] ex Meisn. nom. inval., pro syn.
* ''Grevillea australis'' R.Br. var. ''australis''
* ''Grevillea australis'' var. ''brevifolia'' [[Hook.f.]]
* ''Grevillea australis'' var. ''erecta'' Hook.f.
* ''Grevillea australis'' var. ''linearifolia'' Hook.f.
* ''Grevillea australis'' var. ''montana'' Hook.f.
* ''Grevillea australis'' var. ''planifolia'' Hook.f.
* ''Grevillea australis'' var. ''subulata'' Hook.f.
* ''Grevillea australis'' var. ''tenuifolia'' (R.Br.) Meisn.
* ''Grevillea stuartii'' Meisn.
* ''Grevillea tenuifolia'' R.Br.
}}
}}

'''''Grevillea australis''''', commonly known as '''alpine grevillea'''<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=''Grevillea australis'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~australis |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> or '''southern grevillea''',<ref name="anpsa">{{cite web|url=http://anpsa.org.au/g-aus.html|title=''Grevillea australis''|date=January 2016|access-date=22 August 2016|publisher=Australian Native Plants Society}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Proteaceae]] and is [[endemic]] to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading to prostrate shrub with [[Leaf#Divisions of the blade|simple]], narrowly egg-shaped leaves and groups of white to pale pink flowers with a [[wikt:glabrous|glabrous]] [[Ovary (botany)|ovary]].

==Description==
''Grevillea australis'' is a densely-foliaged, erect to spreading or prostrate shrub that grows to a height of {{cvt|0.3–1.2|m}}. Its leaves are simple, narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base or linear, {{cvt|5–30|mm}} long and {{cvt|0.5–5.5|mm}} wide with the edges turned down or rolled under. The flowers are arranged in groups near the ends of braches along a [[rachis]] {{cvt|1.0–2.5|mm}} long, and are white or pale pink. The [[Gynoecium#Pistils|pistil]] is {{cvt|6.0–7.5|mm}} long and cream-coloured, the [[Style (botany)|style]] is hooked near the tip, the ovary stalked and glabrous. Flowering mostly occurs from December to February and the fruit is a glabrous [[Follicle (fruit)|follicle]].<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=''Grevillea australis'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/63235074-3b14-44db-8c66-ef60eee241e8 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="ABRS">{{cite web |title=''Grevillea australis'' |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20australis |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==
''Grevillea australis'' was first formally described in 1810 by [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|Robert Brown]] in ''[[Transactions of the Linnean Society of London]]''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Grevillea australis''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/524071|publisher=APNI|access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="R.Br.">{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |title=On the Proteaceae of Jussieu |journal=Transactions of the Linnean Society of London |date=1810 |volume=10 |issue=1 |page=171 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13720#page/179/mode/1up |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> The [[Binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] (''australis'') means "southern".<ref name="anpsa" />

==Distribution and habitat==
Alpine grevillea grows heath and woodland, usually in moist, rocky places in mountain and alpine areas south from the [[Brindabella Range]] in the Australian Capital Territory, through southern New South Wales to [[Mount Buller]] and [[Mount Baw Baw]] in Victoria. It is also common in Tasmania, especially on the [[Central Plateau Conservation Area|Central Plateau]], and is the only grevillea species in that state.<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="RBGV" /><ref name="utas">{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Greg |title=''Grevillea australis'' |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/PROTS/sGrevillea_australis.htm |publisher=University of Tasmania |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>

==Conservation status==
''Grevillea australis'' has been listed as [[Least-concern species|Least Concern]] on the [[IUCN Red List|IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.]] This species is common and occurs over a large distribution. Its known, current threats are currently not impacting the species to a great enough extent to warrant a threatened or near threatened category. Threats include impacts from climate change and altered hydrological regimes.<ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=Makinson, R. |author2=Olde, P. |author3=Cameron, D. |year=2020 |title=''Grevillea australis'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T112646546A113309200 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112646546A113309200.en |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>

==Use in horticulture==
''Grevillea australis'' grows best in cool to cold climates. It grows best in sunny locations in well-drained soil.<ref name="anpsa" />

==References==
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[[Category:Grevillea|australis]]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Flora of Tasmania]]
[[Category:Flora of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1810]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)]]

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