Grevillea georgeana
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| Grevillea georgeana | |
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| In the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. georgeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea georgeana | |
Grevillea georgeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland areas of south-western Western Australia. It is an erect to widely spreading shrub with deeply divided leaves, the end lobes linear and sharply pointed, and scarlet to bright reddish-pink and cream-coloured flowers.
Grevillea georgeana is an erect to widely spreading shrub that typically grows to 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) high and up to 4 m (13 ft) wide. Its leaves are deeply divided, 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long with six to thirteen lobes, sometimes further divided, the end lobes linear, 4–19 mm (0.16–0.75 in) long, 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide and sharply pointed. The edges of the leaflets are rolled under, enclosing most of the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in clusters along a rachis 15–70 mm (0.59–2.76 in) long and are bright reddish-pink and cream-coloured, the pistil mostly 25–27 mm (0.98–1.06 in) long and the style red. Flowering mainly occurs from July to October and the fruit is a more or less spherical follicle 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long with a few shaggy hairs.[4][2]
Taxonomy
Grevillea georgeana was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae), based on specimens collected on the Die Hardy Range north of Southern Cross in 1976.[5] The specific epithet (georgeana) honours Alex George, who, with McGillivray, collected the type specimens.[6]