Grevillea prostrata

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Grevillea prostrata
Conservation status

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. prostrata
Binomial name
Grevillea prostrata
C.A.Gardner & A.S.George

Grevillea prostrata, commonly known as the Pallarup grevillea, is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to a small area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.[1]

The loose prostrate shrub typically grows to a height of 0.04 to 0.1 metres (0.13 to 0.33 ft) and a width of 0.8 to 1.2 metres (2.6 to 3.9 ft) which has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple leaves with dissected and subpinnatisect blades that are 25 to 70 millimetres (0.98 to 2.76 in) long. It blooms from September to November produces an irregularly shaped white or cream inflorescence located on a raceme at the branchlet terminus. A rugose obovoid glandular hairy fruit follows.[1]

See also[]

  • List of Grevillea species

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Grevillea prostrata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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