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

Description

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]

Distribution and habitat

The grevillea occurs in scattered populations from Helidon to the Blackdown Tableland in southeast Queensland. It grows on sandy soils, usually close to watercourses, in open dry eucalypt forest.[2]

Conservation status

Grevillea singuliflora is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[7]

References
  1. "Grevillea singuliflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. "Grevillea singuliflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. Wrigley, John W.; Fagg, Murray A. (1991). Banksias, waratahs & grevilleas : and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family. North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson. pp. 330, 333. ISBN 0207172773.
  4. "Grevillea singuliflora". APNI. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 6. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 92–93. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 308. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. "Grevillea singuliflora". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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