- Reference
- New Names Grevillea 7 (1986)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, much-branched shrub, (0.4-)1-3 m high. Fl. green & white & cream/pink, Jun to Oct. Grey, yellow, brown or red sand, sandy clay, loam. Coastal cliffs, sand dunes, creek & river banks.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 35-100 mm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, hairy, the hairs straight; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, white or grey; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 3.5-4 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1-2 mm long; pistil 9-12 mm long, white or pink, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 8-12 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Gascoyne (GAS), Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Greater Geraldton, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Northampton, Perenjori, Shark Bay, Tammin, Three Springs, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo.