Grevillea pilulifera

Grevillea pilulifera, commonly known as the woolly-flowered grevillea, is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to an area in the Wheatbelt, South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

Grevillea pilulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. pilulifera
Binomial name
Grevillea pilulifera
Synonyms
  • Grevillea lycopodina S.Moore
  • Grevillea oxystigma Meisn.
  • Grevillea oxystigma var. acerosa Meisn.
  • Grevillea oxystigma var. heterophylla Meisn.
  • Grevillea oxystigma var. tenella Meisn.
  • Grevillea pilulifera C.A.Gardner
  • Hakea pilulifera Lindl.

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1.0 to 3.3 ft) and has non-glaucous branchlets.[1]

Grevillea pilulifera has simple flat narrowly elliptic undissected leaves with a blade that is 3 to 50 millimetres (0.12 to 1.97 in) in length and 0.5 to 10 mm (0.02 to 0.39 in) wide. It blooms between April and December and produces a terminal raceme irregular inflorescence with white or cream flowers. Later it forms an smooth oblong or ellipsoidal hairy fruit that is 8 to 13 mm (0.3 to 0.5 in).[2]

The shrub mostly regenerates from seed but in some populations by lignotuber.

If is found among medium to low sized trees in scrubland or heathland and will grow in loamy, sandy or gravelly soils. Found as far north as Badgingarra to Busselton in the south it is commonly found on the Darling Range.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Grevillea pilulifera (Lindl.) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(5) suppl. 2: 625 (1917) Woolly-flowered Grevillea". Flora of Australia Online. Commonwealth of Australia. 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. "Grevillea pilulifera". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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