Grevillea fasciculata R.Br.

Species Identity and Growth Form

Grevillea fasciculata R.Br. is commonly a spreading shrub that usually reaches a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1 foot 0 inch to 3 feet 3 inches).

Leaf Shape

Its leaves range from narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, with the narrower end positioned toward the base, or are more or less linear.

Leaf Dimensions

The leaves measure 10 to 50 millimetres (0.39 to 1.97 inches) long and 1 to 6 millimetres (0.039 to 0.236 inches) wide.

Leaf Surface Characteristics

The leaf edges are curved downward or rolled under; the upper leaf surface is more or less smooth, while the lower surface is covered in silky or woolly hairs, or is obscured.

Inflorescence Structure

The flowers grow on short side branches, and are usually held erect in clusters of three to ten flowers along a rachis that is 0.2 to 2 millimetres (0.01 to 0.08 inches) long.

Flower Features

Flower colours are a combination of red and orange, or orange and yellow, and the pistil is 6.5 to 8.5 millimetres (0.26 to 0.33 inches) long.

Flowering Period and Fruit

Flowering takes place from May to November, and the fruit produced is a narrowly oval follicle that is 10 to 14.5 millimetres (0.39 to 0.57 inches) long.

Habitat

This species of grevillea grows in woodland, mallee shrubland and scrub.

Distribution

It is found mainly between Bremer Bay, Borden, Cranbrook and Albany, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.