Grevillea crassifolia

Grevillea crassifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open shrub with often thick, elliptic to oblong leaves and red flowers.

Grevillea crassifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. crassifolia
Binomial name
Grevillea crassifolia

Description

Grevillea crassifolia is an open shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are elliptic to oblong, often thick, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) wide with the edges turned down or rolled under, the lower surface densely covered with matted hairs. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to four in leaf axils or on the ends of short side branches and are red, the pistil 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long with a short style. Flowering occurs from June to December and the fruit is an oval follicle about 13 mm (0.51 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Grevillea crassifolia was first formally described in 1923 by Karel Domin in Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke from specimens collected by Arthur Dorrien-Smith.[4][5] The specific epithet (crassifolia) means "thick-leaved".[6]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in low shrubland in scattered populations on slopes in the Stirling Range National Park.[2][3]

Conservation status

Grevillea crassifolia is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Grevillea crassifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. "Grevillea crassifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. "Grevillea crassifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Grevillea crassifolia". APNI. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. Domin, Karel (1923). "New additions to the flora of Western Australia". Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke. 2: 10. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780958034180.
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