- Reference
- New Names Grevillea 12 (1986)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prickly shrub, 0.8-1.5 m high. Fl. red/red & orange, Jul to Sep. Red sand, stony loam. Granite hills.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 12-30 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, hairy, the hairs straight; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, red; pedicels 1-2 mm long. Perianth 8-12 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate, the stipe 2-3 mm long; pistil 22-25 mm long, red, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 15 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) or Nullarbor (NUL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Nullarbor.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Nullarbor Plain, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Yilgarn.