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Grevillea hystrix R.W.Davis
Porcupine Grevillea

Reference
Nuytsia 33:79-82, Fig. 1 (2020)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs, not ribbed, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 5-8 mm long, hairy, the hairs straight, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a single groove. Inflorescences axillary, red; pedicels 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 6-6.5 mm long, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 21-25 mm long, red, pollen presenter oblique, style hairy. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Yilgarn.