Grevillea nematophylla subsp. planicosta Makinson

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 65-100 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, entire or divided to the midrib; lobes 40-300 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, the margins flat. Inflorescences terminal, white, cream or pink; pedicels 0.5 mm long. Perianth 3-4.5 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous, simple-hairy; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1 mm long; pistil 7-9 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 13-24 mm long. Flowers in December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO) or Nullarbor (NUL) IBRA subregion(s).