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Grevillea saxicola S.J.Dillon

Reference
Nuytsia 24:104-107, Fig. 1a (2014)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Trees or Shrubs, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 70-300 mm long, glabrous; petiole glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, erect; apex obtuse, smooth, apex obtuse. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 1-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 4-7 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate; pistil 5-12 mm long, white, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in March or June. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Pilbara (PIL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Hamersley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Meekatharra.