Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: A Lyne, Wyperfeld National Park

Fruiting body. Photo: Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Shrub. Photo: Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Bark on young stem. Photo: Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Bark on young stem. Photo: Michelle Brown, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Desert Grevillea, Desert Spider-flower

Family

Proteaceae

Notes

Shrub to 4m tall.  Leaves alternating up the stems, 5-21cm long, 1-2mm wide, flat to linear, rarely narrow cylindrical, sometimes dissected with 2-6 linear lobes, hairy becoming hairless, edges rolled under, with a straight point.  Spider flowers with 4 white to cream 'petals'.  Racemes cylindrical, at the ends of the branches or on stalks arising from the bases of the leaves.

Short description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 212

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~pterosperma