Grevillea arenaria
Grevillea arenaria, commonly known as sand grevillea or hoary grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and red, pink or orange flowers.
Description
Grevillea arenaria is an erect to spreading shrub that grows to a height of. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide with the edges turned down or rolled under. The flowers are arranged in groups of two to six on the ends of short side branches along a rachis long, and are red, pink or orange and hairy. The pistil is long and the ovary is sessile. Flowers are present in most months with a peak in spring.Taxonomy
Grevillea arenaria was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London from specimens collected near Port Jackson.The names of two subspecies are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:Grevillea arenaria R.Br. subsp. arenaria, commonly known as sand grevillea has leaves that are silky- or woolly-hairy on the lower surface and a gynoecium long;Grevillea arenaria subsp. canescens Olde & Marriott commonly known as hoary grevillea has leaves that are velvety on the lower surface and a gynoecium long;