Grevillea renwickiana F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Prostrate root-suckering shrub forming mats to c. 30 m across.
Leaves divided, lanceolate to oblong in outline, 5–14 cm long, 2–8 cm wide, with 5–18 triangular to oblong lobes 0.5–3.5 cm long, 3–15 mm wide, sometimes lower lobes 2- or 3-toothed; lower surface with an open to dense appressed indumentum.
Inflorescences few, usually secund, 2–2.5 cm long. Perianth cream to pinkish grey, loosely subsericeous outside, glabrous inside; flowers sometimes with a number of styles. Gynoecium 26–31 mm long; ovary densely hairy; style pale pink to red, glabrous except near base, pollen presenter erect to oblique.
Follicle hairy with reddish brown stripes or blotches.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in open dry sclerophyll forest on sandy soils; confined to the Braidwood-Nerriga area.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: R.O. Makinson (2000)
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