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Grevillea bracteosa Meisn.
Bracted Grevillea

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:254 (1848)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Open, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. pink & purple & white, Aug to Oct or Dec. Sand, gravelly sand, gravelly clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 50-210 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, green or pink; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 5-8 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 4-6 mm long; pistil 12-17 mm long, white or pink, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 12-20 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Declared Rare (R).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Chittering, Dalwallinu, Greater Geraldton, Moora, Morawa, Northampton, Toodyay, Victoria Plains.