Grevillea tetrapleura

Grevillea tetrapleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. tetrapleura
Binomial name
Grevillea tetrapleura McGill.

Grevillea tetrapleura is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to an area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.^[1]

Description[]

The low dense spreading spiny shrub typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.9 metres (0.3 to 3.0 ft) and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple leaves with a blade that is 15 to 50 millimetres (0.59 to 1.97 in) in length and 1 mm (0.04 in) wide. It blooms between July and September and produces an axillary raceme irregular inflorescence with pink flowers and pink styles. Later it forms ridged or ribbed ellipsoidal glabrous fruit that are 10 to 13 mm (0.4 to 0.5 in) long.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Donald McGillivray in 1986 as a part of the work New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae).^[2]

Distribution[]

The shrub is found in an area centred around Southern Cross from north of Mukinbudin in the west to the Mount Manning Nature Reserve in the north and to around Yellowdine in the south east. It is often situated among granite outcrops growing in sandy to sandy loam soils.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Grevillea species

References[]