Grevillea commutata facts for kids

Grevillea commutata is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to an area along the west coast of the Mid West region of Western Australia.

The shrub is spreading with many branches and typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft) and has non-glaucous branchlets that are subsericeous to tomentose. It has simple flat, linear to obovate ascending leaves that are 50 to 100 millimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) long and 2 to 9 mm (0.1 to 0.4 in) wide. The inflorescence is terminal has a raceme with irregular white, cream, green or pink flowers that appear between February and December. It will produce a warty, wrinkled, oblong glabrous fruit that is 10 to 14 mm (0.4 to 0.6 in) long.

Grevillea commutata is found to grow in an area to north of the Murchison River as far as the Greenough River and as far inland as Yuna. It is found amongst low trees or tall scrubland or heathland, it will grow in soils that are sandy or loamy on sandplains, dunes or breakaway areas.

There are two known subspecies:

• Grevillea commutata subsp. commutata
• Grevillea commutata subsp. pinnatisecta