Grevillea intricata

Grevillea intricata is a densely branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–3 m (1 ft 8 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has tangled foliage. Its leaves are 80–160 mm (3.1–6.3 in) long and divided with widely-spreading linear lobes, the end lobes 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long and 0.4–1.1 mm (0.016–0.043 in) wide. The flowers are pale greenish-white to light cream-coloured and are arranged in sometimes branched clusters, each branch oval to narrowly conical on a rachis 50–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in) long, the pistil 4.5–5.5 mm (0.18–0.22 in) long. Flowering occurs from May to October and the fruit is a knobbly, oblong follicle 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) long.[2][3]

Grevillea intricata was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany based on material collected by James Drummond.[4][5] The specific epithet (intricata) means "entangled".[6]

This grevillea grows in heath, or tall shrubland and mallee shrubland between Northampton, Ajana and the Chapman East River in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion in the west of Western Australia.[2][3]

Grevillea intricata is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]