Grevillea singuliflora
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| Grevillea singuliflora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. singuliflora |
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| Grevillea singuliflora | |
Grevillea singuliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southeast Queensland. It is a sprawling or spreading shrub with oblong to egg-shaped or almost round leaves and green or cream-coloured flowers with a maroon style, arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of branches.
Grevillea singuliflora is a sprawling to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in). Its leaves are 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long, 10–16 mm (0.39–0.63 in) wide with wavy edges. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of branches on a rachis 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long, the pistil 23–24 mm (0.91–0.94 in) long. The flowers are green or cream-coloured, the style moroon with a green tip. Flowering mainly occurs from March to September and the fruit is a glabrous follicle 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Grevillea singuliflora was first formally described in 1867 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by Ludwig Leichhardt near Dogwood Creek.[4][5] The specific epithet (singuliflora) means "single-flowered".[6]