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Grevillea pterosperma F.Muell.

Reference
Trans.Philos.Soc.Victoria 1:22 (1854)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 1.5-4(-6) m high. Fl. white-cream, Jun to Dec or Jan (mainly Sep-Nov). Yellow or red sand. Sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 2-4 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 70-180 mm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, entire or divided to the midrib; lobes 60-180 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, the margins revolute, exposing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, white or grey; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate, the stipe 1.5-2.5 mm long; pistil 15-20 mm long, white or yellow, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles hairy or glandular hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in January, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Central Ranges (CR), Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Mount Marshall, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Tammin, Trayning, Westonia, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.