Grevillea tripartita is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia, occurring in proximity to the south coast between the east of the Stirling Range and Point Culver.[2]

Grevillea tripartita
subsp. tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. tripartita
Binomial name
Grevillea tripartita Meisn.[1]

Description

It has an erect habit and usually grows to between 0.6 and 3 metres in height[3] The red and yellow flowers appear in terminal racemes, predominantly from August to December but also at other times of the year.[2][3]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in 1856 in the Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[1][2][4]

Two subspecies are recognised:

• Grevillea tripartita subsp. macrostylis (F.Muell.) Makinson (leaf margins revolute)[3]
• Grevillea tripartita Meisn. subsp. tripartita (leaf margins recurved)[3]

Distribution

The shrub has a range extending from around Stirling Range National Park in the southwest to the Dunn Rock Nature reserve to the north with the bulk of the population found around Ravensthorpe in the east but with isolated populations extending further east to the Nuytsland Nature Reserve at Point Culver. It is usually found growing in clay or sandy soils.[3]

See also

• List of Grevillea species

References