Grevillea umbellulata is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Grevillea umbellulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. umbellulata
Binomial name
Grevillea umbellulata Meisn.
Synonyms
Grevillea acerosa F.Muell.

Description

The lignotuberous shrub typically grows a height of 0.35 to 1.8 m (1 ft 2 in to 5 ft 11 in) and has hairy branchlets. The hairy green leaves are arranged alternately and have a length of 10 to 50 mm (0.39 to 1.97 in) and a width of 1 to 2 mm (0.039 to 0.079 in). It produces white, cream, pink or grey flowers between July and December (mid winter to early summer) in its native range.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner, his description published in Plantae Preissianae in 1848.[3]

Distribution

The shrub is found from around the Shire of Irwin in the north down as far as Albany in the south and as far as Ravensthorpe in the east. It is found in a variety of habitats including plains, slopes, swamps, river banks and railway verges growing in sandy, clay or gravel soils around or over granite, limestone or laterite.[1]

See also

• List of Grevillea species

References