About Grevillea pilulifera (Lindl.) Druce
Grevillea pilulifera is an erect or spreading multi-branched shrub that usually grows to between 0.3 and 1 metre, or 1.0 and 3.3 feet, in height. Its leaves are linear to narrowly oblong, measuring 3 to 60 millimetres, 0.12 to 2.36 inches, long, and 0.5 to 11 millimetres, 0.020 to 0.433 inches, wide. The leaf edges are curved downward or rolled under; the upper leaf surface has a grainy texture, and the lower surface is covered in soft hairs when exposed. Its flowers grow in small clusters, and are covered in white to cream-colored hairs. The pistil of the flower is between 6.5 and 8.5 millimetres, 0.26 and 0.33 inches, long. The end of the style is hairless, starting bright yellow when the flower is young, changing to orange, then red as the flower ages. Flowering takes place from April to December, and the fruit is an oblong, softly hairy follicle 8 to 13 millimetres, 0.31 to 0.51 inches, long. This species, commonly called woolly-flowered grevillea, grows among medium and small trees in scrubland or heathland on gravelly soil. It has a wide distribution across the area between Badgingarra, Busselton, and Albany in Western Australia, and is commonly found on the Darling Range.
