Grevillea wilkinsonii explained

Grevillea wilkinsonii, commonly known as Tumut grevillea,[1] is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-east of New South Wales. It is an erect, spreading shrub with narrowly oblong to oblong leaves with well-spaced teeth on the edges, and clusters of brownish-pink to purple flowers with a lilac-pink style with a pale yellow tip.

Description

Grevillea wilkinsonii is an ascending to erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are narrowly oblong to oblong, mostly long and wide with 5 to 17 pairs of well-spaced teeth on the edges. The leaves are flat, the lower surface covered with silvery, silky hairs. The flowers are arranged in down-curved clusters on one side of a rachis long, the pistil long. The flowers are brownish-pink to purple with a glabrous, lilac-pink style, the tip of the style pale yellow. Flowering occurs in October and November and the fruit is a silky-hairy follicle long.[2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Grevillea wilkinsonii was first formally described in 1993 by Robert Makinson in the journal Telopea from specimens collected near Tumut in 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tumut Grevillea - Profile . New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage . 20 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Grevillea wilkinsonii . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 20 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Makinson . Robert O. . Grevillea wilkinsonii . Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney . 20 April 2023.
  4. Makinson . Robert O. . Grevillea wilkinsonii (Proteaceae), a new species from southern New South Wales . Telopea . 1993 . 5 . 2 . 351–358 . 20 April 2023.