Grevillea longicuspis explained

Grevillea longicuspis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small area of the Northern Territory in Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves that are egg-shaped in outline with sharply-pointed teeth or lobes, and clusters of red flowers with a red or creamy pink style.

Description

Grevillea longicuspis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of, its branchlets and leaves partly covered with glandular hairs. Its leaves are egg-shaped in outline, long and wide on a petiole long, and are usually divided with four to eight sharply-pointed triangular teeth or lobes. The flowers are arranged in more or less spherical to oval clusters on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils on a rachis long, each flower on a pedicel long. The flowers are red and glabrous, the style red to pinkish- or lemony-cream, the pistil long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a glabrous, oblong follicle long.[1] [2]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in open woodland in sandy soil, and is restricted to a small area near Darwin in the Northern Territory.

Conservation status

Grevillea longicuspis is listed as "near threatened" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Act.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grevillea longicuspis . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 21 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Grevillea longicuspis . Northern Territory Government . 21 June 2022.