Grevillea drummondii

Drummond's Grevillea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. drummondii
Binomial name
Grevillea drummondii Meisn.

Grevillea drummondii (Drummond's Grevillea) is a shrub which is endemic to the south west region of Western Australia.

It grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre in height and produces flowers between June and December (early winter to early summer) in its native range. These are cream in bud, ageing to pink or red.^[1] The leaves are narrow-elliptic to narrow-obovate and are 1 to 3 cm long and 1.5 to 3 mm wide.^[1]

The species was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner, his description published in Plantae Preissianae in 1845.^[2] Grevillea pimeleoides and G. centristigma are closely related and were formerly treated as subspecies.^[2] Grevillea drummondii is classified as Priority Four Flora (Rare) under the Wildlife Conservation Act in Western Australia.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Grevillea drummondii". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=45648. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Grevillea drummondii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=GREVILLEA+DRUMMONDII. Retrieved 2008-04-03. 
3. ^ "Grevillea drummondii ". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1994.