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Grevillea shuttleworthiana subsp. canarina Olde & Marriott

Reference
Grevillea 1:177 (1994)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.9-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. White/grey or yellow sand.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 October 1997
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 20-55 mm long, 12-25 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire, the margins flat. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, yellow; pedicels 1.5-2.5 mm long. Perianth 3-4 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 0.2-0.5 mm long; pistil 5.5-6.5 mm long, yellow, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 13-17 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Lake Grace, Moora, Three Springs, Wongan-Ballidu.