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Grevillea bracteosa subsp. howatharra Olde & Marriott

Reference
Nuytsia 18:232-233 (2008)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs, not ribbed, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 55-180 mm long, 1-4 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, pink; pedicels 3.5-5 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 12-17 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 6-7 mm long; pistil 16-20 mm long, white or red, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Flowers in January, February, March, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Greater Geraldton, Morawa, Northampton.