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Grevillea polybotrya Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:386 (1856)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, bushy, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-4 m high. Fl. white-cream/yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan to Mar. Grey or yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 2-4 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 12-50 mm long, 6-12 mm wide, hairy or glabrous, on the adaxial or abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire, the margins flat. Inflorescences terminal, white or cream; pedicels 0.2-0.5 mm long. Perianth 2-4 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, glabrous or hairy, simple-hairy; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1.5 mm long; pistil 8-10 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter conical or erect, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 11-15 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Moora, Tammin, Three Springs, Wongan-Ballidu.