Grevillea glauca Banks & Sol. ex Knight

Nomenclature and Growth Form

Grevillea glauca, commonly known as Bushman's clothes peg, is an erect, spindly shrub or tree that usually reaches a height of 2 to 10 meters (6 feet 7 inches to 32 feet 10 inches), and sometimes grows taller.

Leaf Characteristics

Its leaves are narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic, measuring 60 to 200 millimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches) long and 10 to 65 millimeters (0.39 to 2.56 inches) wide, and are covered on both surfaces with soft hairs.

Flower Structure and Color

The flowers are grouped in cylindrical clusters 60 to 180 millimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches) long at the ends of branches, and are cream-coloured to greenish-white, with a pistil 14 to 16.5 millimeters (0.55 to 0.65 inches) long.

Flowering Period and Fruit

Flowering occurs mainly from April to August, and the fruit is a more or less spherical, hairless follicle 24 to 40 millimeters (0.94 to 1.57 inches) long.

Habitat

This species grows in a variety of habitats including forest and woodland.

Distribution

It is distributed in Queensland, Australia, from Cape York to Jericho, and also occurs in Papua New Guinea.