Grevillea rubicunda
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| Grevillea rubicunda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. rubicunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea rubicunda | |
Grevillea rubicunda is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with divided leaves with 15 to 25 lobes lobes, and white flowers.
Grevillea rubicunda is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–2 m (2 ft 0 in – 6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are pinnatipartite to almost pinnatisect, 120–200 mm (4.7–7.9 in) long with 15 to 25 lobes, 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long and 1.2–2.0 mm (0.047–0.079 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in erect, conical to cylindrical groups on a rusty-hairy rachis 40–200 mm (1.6–7.9 in) long, the oldest flowers at the base. The flowers are hairy on the outside, greenish at first, later white, the pistil 8–11 mm (0.31–0.43 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to May and the fruit is a shaggy-hairy follicle 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long.[2][3][4]