| Grevillea pinaster | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. pinaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea pinaster Meisn.[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Grevillea thelemanniana subsp. pinaster (Meisn.) McGill. |
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Grevillea pinaster is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-western Western Australia.[2]
It grows to between 0.5 and 3 metres in height and has a peak flowering period between May and September (late autumn to early spring) in its native range.[3] The flowers are pink to red with yellowish- tipped styles .[2] The long and narrow leaves are 20 to 55 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide.[3]
The species was first formally described by Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany in 1855, from material collected by James Drummond.[1][2]