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Grevillea quercifolia R.Br.
Oak-leaf Grevillea

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 23 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Straggly to sprawling, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-0.7 m high. Fl. pink/red/purple, Jul to Dec. Sand, loam, often with gravel, laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.3-0.6 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 35-200 mm long, 10-45 mm wide, hairy or glabrous, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, the margins flat. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, pink; pedicels 4-6 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 2-3 mm long; pistil 7-10 mm long, pink, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous or hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 18-20 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams.