Family: Proteaceae

Grevillea hookeriana (Hooker’s grevillea, red toothbrushes) is a spreading shrub native to Western Austraila. This plant is rare in cultivation, but is sometimes used as a hedge or screen. It is also used to attract pollinators, enticing native birds and bees of the region. In the wild, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This plant has not been documented as naturalized in any Hawaiian Islands to date.

High Risk Traits:

• Other species in genus are invasive
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Able to resprout after fire and tolerates pruning

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but limited evidence of introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Seeds unlikely to be dispersed long distances