Grevillea prasina is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is a spreading or straggly shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with coarsely-toothed edges, and dense, cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers, the style pale green to white.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. prasina
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea prasina | |
Description
editGrevillea prasina is a spreading or straggly shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–4.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 14 ft 9 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped or elliptic in outline, 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long and 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) wide with 5 to 11 evenly-spaced teeth on the edges, both surfaces more or less glabrous and bright yellowish-green. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches or in leaf axils in dense, sometimes branched clusters, each cluster oval to short-cylindrical on a rachis 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long. The flowers are fragrant, cream-coloured at first, later pale yellow and the style is green to white with a green tip, the pistil 18.5–22 mm (0.73–0.87 in) long. Flowering occurs from March to October and the fruit is glabrous, elliptic follicle 8.5–16 mm (0.33–0.63 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editGrevillea prasina was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae) from specimens collected by Rayden Alfred Perryon "39 mi (63 km) W/N.W. of Wave Hill Police Station" in 1949.[4] The specific epithet (prasina) means "leek green".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis grevillea grows in open woodland or shrubland between the Pentecost River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia to Port Keats in the Northern Territory, with a few scattered populations as far east as the Gulf of Carpentaria.[2][3][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Grevillea prasina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea prasina". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea prasina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Grevillea prasina". APNI. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Grevillea prasina". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 28 August 2022.