Grevillea muricata

Grevillea muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. muricata
Binomial name
Grevillea muricata J.M.Black, 1939

Grevillea muricata, also known as the rough spider-flower, is a species of plant in the protea family that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet muricata means “covered with short, rough points” or “rough-textured”, with reference to the leaves.

Description[]

The species grows as a low spreading shrub to 0.3–1 m in height. The sausage-shaped leaves are 2–17 mm long by 1–2.1 mm wide, with a rough upper surface that is rolled over so the undersurface is completely enclosed. The flowers are terminally conflorescent, yellowish-green and orange-red, appearing from August to November.^[1]

Distribution and habitat[]

The species is known only from the central-eastern part of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, where it occurs in open woodland and dense shrubland on sandy or loamy soils over ironstone substrates.^[1]

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