Grevillea singuliflora

Grevillea singuliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southeast Queensland. It is a sprawling or spreading shrub with oblong to egg-shaped or almost round leaves and green or cream-coloured flowers with a maroon style, arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of branches.

Description

Grevillea singuliflora is a sprawling to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of. Its leaves are long, wide with wavy edges. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of branches on a rachis long, the pistil long. The flowers are green or cream-coloured, the style moroon with a green tip. Flowering mainly occurs from March to September and the fruit is a glabrous follicle long.

Taxonomy

Grevillea singuliflora was first formally described in 1867 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by Ludwig Leichhardt near Dogwood Creek. The specific epithet means "single-flowered".

Distribution and habitat

The grevillea occurs in scattered populations from Helidon to the Blackdown Tableland in southeast Queensland. It grows on sandy soils, usually close to watercourses, in open dry eucalypt forest.

Conservation status

Grevillea singuliflora is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.