Grevillea tenuiflora, commonly known as the round leaf grevillea, is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to an area in the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.[1]

Round leaf grevillea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. teretifolia
Binomial name
Grevillea teretifolia Meisn.

Description

The erect to spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (1.6 to 6.6 ft) and has non-glaucous branchlets. It has simple, dissected and tripartite leaves with a blade that is 25 to 50 millimetres (0.98 to 1.97 in).[1] The segmented leaves are a light green color and each segment terminates with a sharp point.[2] It blooms between June and November and produces an axillary or terminal raceme irregular inflorescence with white or pink flowers and white or pink styles. Later it forms rugose oblong or ellipsoidal glabrous fruit that are 9 to 13 mm (0.4 to 0.5 in) long.[1] The flowers appear in pendulous and one-sided clusters.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meissner in 1848 in the Proteaceae section of the Johann Georg Christian Lehmann work Plantae Preissianae.[3] The type specimen was collected by James Drummond in the vicinity of the Swan River.[2]

Distribution

The range of the plant extends from around Geraldton in the north down to just east of Katanning in the south west out to near Kalgoorlie and Norseman in the east. It is usually found growing in sandy to loamy soils often around ironstone or laterite.[1]

Cultivation

The plant can be grown as hedge or screening plant and attracts birds as honeyeaters. It is suitable for gardens in colder climates and is regraded as being both drought and frost tolerant.[2]

See also

• List of Grevillea species

References