''Grevillea drummondii'', commonly known as Drummond's grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is

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to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading to erect shrub with narrowly elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and dense groups of cream-coloured flowers that turn pink or red as they age.

Description

''Grevillea drummondii'' is a low, spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are narrowly elliptic to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide, the edges turned slightly down. Both surfaces of the leaves usually have a few shaggy hairs. The flowers are arranged on the ends of the branchlets in dense groups of six to eight on a

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long. The flowers are cream-coloured, turning pink or red as they age, the pistil long. Flowering occurs from June to December and the fruit is an oval follicle long.

Taxonomy

''Grevillea drummondii'' was first formally described in 1845 by

Carl Meissner Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

Johann Georg Christian Lehmann Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist. Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a do ...

's ''

Plantae Preissianae ''Plantae preissianae sive enumeratio plantarum quas in australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841 collegit Ludovicus Preiss'', more commonly known as ''Plantae preissianae'', is a book written by Johann Georg Christian Leh ...

'' from specimens collected by James Drummond near the Swan River. The specific epithet (''drummondii'') honours the collector of the type specimens.

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in woodland and shrubland on gravelly soil between Bindoon and Bolgart in the

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Jarrah Forest Jarrah forest is tall open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is ''Eucalyptus marginata'' (jarrah). The ecosystem occurs only in the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia. It is most common in the biogeographic region named i ...

and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Drummond's grevillea is classified as " Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia

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, meaning that it is rare or near threatened.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5607909 drummondii Endemic flora of Western Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Proteales of Australia Taxa named by Carl Meissner Plants described in 1845