Grevillea velutinella

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

Grevillea velutinella is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to an area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.^[1]

Description[]

The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 4 metres (4.9 to 13.1 ft) and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple undissected flat obovate leaves with a blade that is 50 to 120 millimetres (1.97 to 4.72 in) in length and 35 to 80 mm (1.38 to 3.15 in) wide. It blooms between March to July and produces an axillary or terminal raceme regular inflorescence with green, cream or yellow flowers with green, cream or yellow styles. Later it forms rugose ellipsoidal glabrous fruit that are 14 to 20 mm (0.6 to 0.8 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 confined to an area in the north west of Australia from around Mornington Sanctuary in the south west to around Kununurra in the north west. It is often situated on rocky hillsides and ridges growing in skeleton soils that overlay areas of quartzite or sandstone.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Grevillea species

References[]