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Grevillea xiphoidea Olde & Marriott

Reference
Grevillea 1:175-176 (1994)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.9-1.2 m high. Fl. white, Jul.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous, with a glaucous bloom. Leaves alternate, 25-45 mm long, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, once divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 20-45 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, the margins revolute, exposing the lower surface of the leaf blade or enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, white or cream; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 3-3.5 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1-1.5 mm long; pistil 3-4 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 6-9 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Merredin, Narembeen.