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Grevillea roycei McGill.

Reference
New Names Grevillea 13 (1986)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading shrub, 1.2-2.1 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Oct. White or yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 7-25 mm long, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 5-20 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, green or white; pedicels 6-8 mm long. Perianth 3-4 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1-1.5 mm long; pistil 3-4.5 mm long, white, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 8-12 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Brookton, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Goomalling, Wongan-Ballidu.