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Grevillea hirtella (Benth.) Olde & Marriott

Reference
Grevillea 1:182 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading shrub, 0.3-0.9 m high. Fl. red/red-pink, Aug to Oct. Sand or loam over laterite, often with gravel.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 5-20 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, hairy or glabrous, on the adaxial or abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, tripartitely divided, entire or divided to the midrib; lobes 1.5-8 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, the margins revolute, exposing the lower surface of the leaf blade or enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a single groove or forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, red or pink; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 7-9 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 3-4 mm long; pistil 18-22 mm long, red, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 12-13 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Mingenew, Morawa.