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Grevillea exposita Olde & Marriott

Reference
Grevillea 1:181-182 (1994)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub. Fl. red & white.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 15-30 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle or more or less the same width throughout, entire; lobes 15-30 mm long, 1.5-5 mm wide, the margins revolute, exposing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, red; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 8-9 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 2-3 mm long; pistil 20-24 mm long, red, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles not viscid, dehiscent, 12-13 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Irwin, Three Springs.