Grevillea rosieri

(Grevillea rosieri)

Description

Grevillea rosieri is a shrub native to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 metres (2 ft) and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple, flat, linear, undissected leaves with a blade that is 15 to 35 millimetres (1 to 1 in) long and 0.5 to 1.5 mm (0.02 to 0.06 in) wide. It blooms from July to September and produces an axillary raceme irregular inflorescence with red or brown flowers and red styles. Later it forms simple hairy ellipsoidal fruit that is 6 to 10 mm (0.2 to 0.4 in) long.

Taxonomic tree:

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