Grevillea longistyla
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Grevillea longistyla is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland in Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves with linear lobes or simple, linear leaves, and groups of red to orange-red or bright pink flowers.
Description
Grevillea longistyla is a shrub that typically grows to a height of Template:Cvt and forms a lignotuber. Its leaves are Template:Cvt long and either simple, or divided with two to six lobes, the leaves or lobes Template:Cvt wide but not sharply-pointed. The edges of the leaves are turned down or rolled under. The flowers are arranged in sometimes branched groups on a rachis usually Template:Cvt long and are red to orange-red or bright pink, the pistil usually Template:Cvt long. Flowering occurs in most months, peaking from August to November, and the fruit is an oblong follicle Template:Cvt long with a rough surface.[1]
Taxonomy
Grevillea longistyla was first formally described in 1848 by William Jackson Hooker in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.[2][3] The specific epithet (longistyla) means "having a long style".[4]
Distribution and habitat
This grevillea usually grows in woodland or forest and is found between Chinchilla, Gurulmundi and the Blackdown Tableland National Park in central and south-eastern Queensland.[1]
Conservation status
Grevillea longistyla is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]
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