Grevillea leiophylla Benth.

Suckering shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves simple, entire, margins curled under, linear to narrowly elliptic or obovate, not prickle-pointed, lower surface more or less hairless. Flower clusters terminal, with 1-3 branches, 1-sided. Flowers silky-hairy outside, dark to pale pink; year round but mainly spring. Style pink. Fruit slightly warty.

Grown mostly in warmer areas.

Qld.

Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
genus        Grevillea Knight