Southern Silky-oak
ಸಿಲ್ವರ್ ಮರசில்வர் ஓக்സിൽവർ ഓക്ക്
Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 18 m
- wide
- 8.4 m
Proteaceae
Formerly Grevillea umbratica, Grevillea venusta, Stylurus robustus
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Queensland to NE. New South WalesKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 12 m to 23 mRead from UF/IFAS Extension, one source
- Spread
- 7.6 m to 9.1 mRead from UF/IFAS Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from UF/IFAS Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orangeRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -8 °C (USDA zone 8b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- American English
- silkoak
- Chinese
- 银桦
- Simplified Chinese
- 银桦
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 銀樺
- Tamil
- சில்வர் ஓக், வெள்ளோக்கு, மலைச் சவுக்கு
- Kannada
- ಸಿಲ್ವರ್ ಮರ
- Malayalam
- സിൽവർ ഓക്ക്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- UF/IFAS Extension, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Grevillea robusta (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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