Grevillea elongata
Grevillea elongata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves with sharply-pointed linear lobes, and conical or cylindrical groups of white flowers. Description
Grevillea elongata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of  with more or less glabrous branchlets. The leaves are  long with three linear, sharply-pointed lobes  long and about  wide, the lobes often further divided. The flowers are arranged in conical to cylindrical groups on a hairy rachis, each flower on a pedicel  long with bracts  long at the base. The flowers are white, the pistil  long. Flowering occurs from October to December and the fruit is an oblong follicle about  long. Taxonomy
Grevillea elongata was first formally described in 1994 by Peter M. Olde and Neil R. Marriott in The Grevillea Book from specimens collected by Olde near Ruabon in 1991. The specific epithet (elongata) means "lengthened". Distribution and habitat
Ironstone grevillea grows in heath, often near creeks and is restricted to an area near Busselton and Ruabon in the Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic region of south-western Western Australia. Conservation status
Grevillea elongata is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 as "Threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is in danger of extinction. The main threats to the species are weed invasion, grazing by rabbits, and habitat loss and disturbance. See also
 List of Grevillea species

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elongata
Proteales of Australia
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1994