Grevillea granulosa
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| Grevillea granulosa | |
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| In Burrendong Arboretum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. granulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea granulosa | |
Grevillea granulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with linear leaves and red to orange flowers in clusters of up to eight.
Grevillea granulosa is a compact to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1.5 m (1 ft 4 in – 4 ft 11 in). Its leaves are linear, 35–160 mm (1.4–6.3 in) long, 1.2–2.5 mm (0.047–0.098 in) wide and silky-hairy, with the edges rolled under, enclosing most of the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in clusters of three to eight on a woolly-hairy rachis 0.5–6 mm (0.020–0.236 in) long. The flowers are red to orange, rarely yellow, the pistil 20–23 mm (0.79–0.91 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to October and the fruit is an oval or narrowly elliptic follicle 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) long and ridged with a few shaggy hairs.[4][2]
Taxonomy
Grevillea granulosa was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae), based on specimens collected by Alison Marjorie Ashby between Mullewa and Pindar in 1965.[5] The specific epithet (granulosa) means "abounding in small grains", referring to the leaf surface.[6]