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Grevillea paradoxa F.Muell.
Bottlebrush Grevillea

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 6:246-247 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading, prickly, non-lignotuberous shrub, (0.3-)0.5-2 m high. Fl. pink-red/purple, Jan or Mar or Jun to Dec. Yellow sand or sandy gravel over laterite, stony loam over ironstone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 15-50 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete or subterete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 5-20 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide. Inflorescences terminal, cream or pink; pedicels 1-2 mm long. Perianth 5-6 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, sessile; pistil 14-18 mm long, red or pink, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles glandular hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 8-13 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Greater Geraldton, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Tammin, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.