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Grevillea teretifolia Meisn.
Round Leaf Grevillea

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:255 (1848)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading, many-stemmed shrub, (0.15-)0.5-2 m high. Fl. white/white-pink, Jun to Oct. Sand, sandy loam on laterite or ironstone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 25-50 mm long, hairy or glabrous, the hairs straight; lamina flat, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 5-30 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 axillary or terminal, white or pink; pedicels 6-8 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1.5-2 mm long; pistil 10-15 mm long, white or pink, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 9-13 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Boyup Brook, Coolgardie, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.