Grevillea oligomera

Appearance

''Grevillea oligomera'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m , the branchlets usually on one side of the stems. Its leaves are 30–160 mm long in outline and sometimes divided, the leaves and end lobes linear to more or less cylindrical, and 1.0–1.3 mm wide. Divided leaves have up to ten lobes 25–90 mm long. The flowers are arranged on the end of branches in more or less cylindrical groups, mostly within the foliage, on a glabrous rachis 30–75 mm long. The flowers are reddish pink and bluish-grey with a pinkish-red style, the pistil 14–15 mm long. Flowering mainly occurs from July to December and the fruit is an oval to spherical follicle about 7 mm long, usually with sticky craters.

Distribution

''Grevillea oligomera'' grows in shrubland on sandplains and ironstone hills between Merredin, Coolgardie and Menzies in the Coolgardie and Murchison bioregions of inland Western Australia.

Habitat

''Grevillea oligomera'' grows in shrubland on sandplains and ironstone hills between Merredin, Coolgardie and Menzies in the Coolgardie and Murchison bioregions of inland Western Australia.