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Grevillea gordoniana C.A.Gardner

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 47:56 (1964)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small, non-lignotuberous tree or shrub, 2.5-7 m high. Fl. yellow/orange, Aug to Dec. Sand, sandy clay. Red sand dunes, plains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 4-6 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 140-350 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, yellow or orange; pedicels 7-10 mm long. Perianth 5-10 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1.5-2.5 mm long; pistil 14-16 mm long, yellow, orange or red, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, viscid, dehiscent, 23-28 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Carnarvon (CAR), Murchison (MUR) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Merredin, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo, Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Exmouth, Mukinbudin, Northampton, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne.