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Grevillea ornithopoda Meisn.

Reference
Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:256 (1848)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous, with a glaucous bloom. Leaves alternate, 50-80 mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, once divided, tripartitely divided, shallowly divided or deeply divided; lobes 6-35 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, the margins flat. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 10-15 mm long. Perianth 3-4 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1-2 mm long; pistil 3-5 mm long, white, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 7-10 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Mundaring, Murray, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Waroona.