Grevillea cyranostigma
Grevillea cyranostigma, commonly known as Carnarvon grevillea or green grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Carnarvon Range and adjacent areas of central Queensland. It is a spreading shrub with woolly-hairy to silky-hairy branchlets, narrowly oblong leaves, and pale green flowers.
Description
Grevillea cyranostigma is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and has cylindrical, woolly-hairy to silky-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are narrowly oblong, long and wide, the upper surface glabrous and glossy, the lower surface covered with silky hairs. The flowers are borne in loose clusters of a few flowers on the ends of branches and in leaf axils on a rachis long. The flowers are pale green and more or less glabrous, the pistil long and the style gently curved. Flowering occurs from June to October and the fruit is an oval to elliptic follicle long.Taxonomy
Grevillea cyranostigma was first formally described in 1975 by Don McGillivray in the journal Telopea from specimens collected between 1890 and 1895 by of Mount Playfair Station, who was known for her collection of plants from the Carnarvon Range. The specific epithet is a reference to Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, as the long stigma is reminiscent of the character's protruding nose.The species appears to be related to Grevillea sericea and G. victoriae, and is distinguished by glossier leaves than the former and a less hairy perianth than both.