Grevillea drummondii

Drummond's Grevillea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species: G. drummondii
Binomial name
Grevillea drummondii

Grevillea drummondii (Drummond's Grevillea) is a shrub which is endemic to the south west region of Western Australia.

It grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre in height and produces flowers between June and December (early winter to early summer) in its native range. These are cream in bud, ageing to pink or red.[1] The leaves are narrow-elliptic to narrow-obovate and are 1 to 3 cm long and 1.5 to 3 mm wide.[1]

The species was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner, his description published in Plantae Preissianae in 1845.[2] Grevillea pimeleoides and G. centristigma are closely related and were formerly treated as subspecies.[2] Grevillea drummondii is classified as Priority Four Flora (Rare) under the Wildlife Conservation Act in Western Australia.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Grevillea drummondii". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 "Grevillea drummondii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  3. ↑ "Grevillea drummondii ". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.


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