A grevillia is a plant that is suited to its environment
Genista, Geleditsia, Grevillia,
Captain James Cook enlisted scientists on his voyages to record the vegetation. On the original voyage of discovery, several new species were found. These included New Zealand Flax, Eucalyptus, Grevillia, Callistemon. Mimosa and Dillenea. After running into a reef on their way back home, they were forced to wait several weeks prior to resuming the voyage. At this time, Banksia, Moreton Bay Pine and Hibiscus were discovered.