Grevillea rogersoniana

(Grevillea rogersoniana)

Description

Grevillea rogersoniana, commonly known as the Rogersons' grevillea, is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to a small area on the coast in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The erect, multi-stemmed, non-lignotuberous shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 6 metres (3 to 20 ft) and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple flat spathulate leaves with a blade that is 60 to 490 millimetres (2 to 19 in) long and 10 to 30 mm (0.39 to 1.18 in) wide. It blooms from August to October and produces a terminal raceme irregular inflorescence with pink or brown flowers and pink styles. Later it forms warty ellipsoidal glabrous fruit that is 13 to 20 mm (0.5 to 0.8 in) long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Grevillea
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