Grevillea alpivaga

Shrub 0.7–1 m high. Leaves entire, linear, very crowded, often slightly curved, 0.8–2.5(–3) cm long, 0.9–1.4 mm wide; upper surface often minutely scabrous or granular along veins; margin usually vertically refracted downwards from the plane of the (usually flat, occasionally slightly convex) upper surface (leaf usually oblong in cross section); lower surface silky (usually some lamina showing beside midvein). Conflorescences c. 1 cm long, sessile, regular, umbel-like; perianth pale green to cream (brown hairs at apex), outer surface with appressed hairs, inner surface with a scanty beard opposite the ovary especially on ventral tepals; pistil 6.5–7 mm long; ovary stipitate, glabrous, style white (to pink?) reddening after anthesis, with minute hairs or papillae just below apex, pollen presenter oblique. Fruits glabrous. Flowers recorded Oct.–Feb.