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Grevillea stenomera F.Muell.
Lace Net Grevillea

Reference
Fragm. 4:85-86 (1864)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Grey, lignotuberous shrub, 0.9-2.2 m high. Fl. orange & red & pink, May to Jun or Aug to Oct or Dec. Red or yellow sand on limestone. Coastal areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 40-160 mm long, hairy, on the adaxial or abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, entire or divided to the midrib; lobes 40-125 mm long, 1-2 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, orange or pink; pedicels 4.5-6 mm long. Perianth 6-7 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 3-4 mm long; pistil 22-24 mm long, green or pink, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 11-13 mm long. Flowers in June, August, September, October or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Northampton, Shark Bay.