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Grevillea sparsiflora F.Muell.
Sparse Flowered Grevillea

Reference
Fragm. 6:206-207 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. red, May to Dec. Calcareous soils or siliceous sand over limestone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 10-60 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, hairy or glabrous, the hairs straight; 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, red or pink; pedicels 5-6 mm long. Perianth 9-11 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, hairy; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1.5-2 mm long; pistil 18-22 mm long, orange or pink, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 12.5-16 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Hampton, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Hampton, Mardabilla.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas, Esperance.