Grevillea viridiflava explained

Grevillea viridiflava, commonly known as linear-leaf grevillea,[1] is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves, and clusters of 12 to 24 white flowers with a yellowish-green or cream-coloured style.

Description

Grevillea viridiflava is an erect, spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of, and often forms a rhizome. Its leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, mostly long and wide. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, the upper surface is glabrous and the lower surface silky-hairy. The flowers are arranged in clusters of 12 to 24 on the ends of branches, and are greenish or yellowish in the bud stage, later white with a yellowish green or cream-coloured style, the pistil long. Flowering occurs from August to January and the fruit is a lumpy follicle long.[2]

Taxonomy

Grevillea viridiflava was first formally described in 2000 by Robert Makinson in the Flora of Australia from specimens collected near Torrington in 1988.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Linear-leaf grevillea in the shrubby understorey of forest in moist places at altitudes of in montane areas of south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Makinson . Robert O. . Grevillea viridiflava . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 16 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Grevillea viridiflava . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 16 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Grevillea viridiflava. APNI. 16 April 2023.