Date of issue: 3 September 2002
Designer: Janet Boschen, Australia Post Design Studio
Stamp size: 26 x 37.5 mm


Plant: Grevillea juncifolia

Family: PROTEACEAE

Honey Grevillea
Erect shrub to 4 m with mostly pinnately divided leaves to 25 cm. Tapered cylindrical spikes of yellow-orange flowers occur in spring. A second subspecies with mainly simple leaves and a cylindrical flower spike is known as G. juncifolia ssp. temulenta.

Distribution: Qld, NSW, SA, WA, NT (arid areas)..

see Bush Tucker stamp set