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Grevillea asparagoides Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:373 (1856)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dense prickly shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. red, Jul to Oct or Dec. Gravelly loam, white or yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 20-35 mm long, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 5-15 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, red or pink; pedicels 6-10 mm long. Perianth 6-10 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, sessile; pistil 30-37 mm long, red, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glandular hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 10-17 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dalwallinu, Moora, Morawa, Perenjori, Wongan-Ballidu.