Five Veined Grevillea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:22:00 GMT

Erect dense shrub 1–1.5 m tall. Branchlets angular and ridged, sericeous to tomentose. Leaves sublinear to oblong-elliptic or narrowly obovate, 1.5–6 cm long, 1.5–8 mm wide; upper surface minutely punctate, with (3–) 5 (–7) prominent longitudinal parallel veins; margins smoothly and strongly recurved to revolute; lower surface sometimes partly enclosed, sericeous including on midvein. Conflorescence terminal on short lateral branchlets, erect, sessile or rarely pedunculate, regular, umbelloid, 6–20-flowered. Flowers adaxially oriented. Flower colour: perianth and style pale to deep pink. Perianth subsericeous to tomentose outside, bearded inside. Pistil 9.5–12 mm long; style sharply curved, with papilloid hairs in apical 1 mm; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle ovoid-ellipsoidal or obloid, 13–15 mm long.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Grevillea Species: quinquenervis Main Flower Colour: Pink

Proteaceae Grevillea quinquenervis Wildflowers

Five Veined Grevillea