Grevillea longicuspis

Grevillea longicuspis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small area of the Northern Territory in Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves that are egg-shaped in outline with sharply-pointed teeth or lobes, and clusters of red flowers with a red or creamy pink style.

Description
Grevillea longicuspis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–1 m, its branchlets and leaves partly covered with glandular hairs. Its leaves are egg-shaped in outline, 25–80 mm long and 120–60 mm wide on a petiole 5–14 mm long, and are usually divided with four to eight sharply-pointed triangular teeth or lobes. The flowers are arranged in more or less spherical to oval clusters on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils on a rachis 3–18 mm long, each flower on a pedicel 2.0–3.5 mm long. The flowers are red and glabrous, the style red to pinkish- or lemony-cream, the pistil 6.5–9.5 mm long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a glabrous, oblong follicle 9.5–12.5 mm long.

Distribution and habitat
This grevillea grows in open woodland in sandy soil, and is restricted to a small area near Darwin in the Northern Territory.

Conservation status
Grevillea longicuspis is listed as "near threatened" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Act.