Grevillea refracta

It grows as a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 2 to 9 m (6 ft 7 in to 29 ft 6 in).[1] It tens to a slender habit with an erect stem and an open textured crown. The pinnate leaves have oblanceolate shaped leaflets.[2] It produces red-orange to yellow or pink flowers in terminal racemes from April to September.[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810 as part of the work On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae as published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[3]

There are two subspecies:

• Grevillea refracta R.Br. subsp. refracta
• Grevillea refracta subsp. glandulifera Olde & Marriott

It is found in northern Australia including Western Australia, the Northern Territory.[1] and far north western Queensland.[3] It occurs on sandy soils on sandstone cliffs, outcrops and plateaus in low woodland, shrubland and spinifex grassland. In Western Australia it is found in the Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregions.[1]