Grevillea pinaster

taxobox
name = "Grevillea pinaster"

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image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Grevillea"
species = "G. pinaster "
binomial = "Grevillea pinaster "
binomial_authority = Meisn.
synonyms = "Grevillea thelemanniana" subsp. "pinaster" (Meisn.) McGill. |

"Grevillea pinaster" is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-western Western Australia.

It grows to between 0.5 and 3 metres in height and has a peak flowering period between May and September (late autumn to early spring) in its native range.FloraBase|name="Grevillea pinaster "|id=8838 ] The flowers are pink to red with yellowish- tipped styles . The long and narrow leaves are 20 to 55 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide.

The species was first formally described by Carl Meissner in "Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany " in 1855, from material collected by James Drummond.Flora of Australia Online|name="Grevillea pinaster "|id=2727 ] cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=GREVILLEA+PINASTER|title="Grevillea pinaster" |accessdate=2008-10-06|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra] .

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