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Grevillea amplexans Benth. subsp. amplexans

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 1-3 m high, to 3 m wide; branchlets and lower leaf surfaces glabrous. Fl. white-cream, Jul to Nov. Deep yellow sand over laterite, grey sandy clay. Sandplains, disturbed ground.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 November 2000

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous, with a glaucous bloom or not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 10-20 mm long, 10-20 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, the margins flat. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, white or cream; pedicels 8-11 mm long. Perianth 3-4.5 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, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in July, 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).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Coorow, Greater Geraldton, Mingenew, Moora, Three Springs.