Grevillea deflexa | |
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In Amsterdam Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Grevillea |
Species: | G. deflexa |
Binomial name | |
Grevillea deflexa | |
Grevillea deflexa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland areas of central Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear to elliptic or egg-shaped leaves, and groups of red, yellow or red and yellow flowers.
Grevillea deflexa is a low to open, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–2 m (7.9 in – 6 ft 6.7 in). Its leaves are linear, elliptic, narrowly egg-shaped, or lance-shaped, 10–90 mm (0.39–3.54 in) long and 0.7–10 mm (0.028–0.394 in) wide, the lower surface silky-hairy. The flowers are arranged in loose groups of two to five in leaf axils on a rachis 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) long. The flowers are red, yellow or red and yellow with a red or yellow style, the pistil 17–24 mm (0.67–0.94 in) long and silky-hairy. Flowering occurs from May to October and the fruit is an elliptic to oval follicle 11–16 mm (0.43–0.63 in) long. [3] [4]
Grevillea deflexa was first formally described in 1883 by Ferdinand von Mueller in The Chemist and Druggist with Australasian Supplement from specimens collected near the Gascoyne River. [5] [6] The specific epithet (deflexa) means "bent or turned downwards", referring to the flowers. [7]
This grevillea grows in mulga between Laverton and the upper Gascoyne River and between the Thomas River and Mount Singleton in Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of central inland Western Australia. [3] [4]
Grevillea decurrens is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It has a large distribution, a stable population and is not currently facing any major threats. [1]
Eremophila laanii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with many tangled branches and flowers in a number of colour forms. It seems to be mostly restricted to the upper reaches of the beds and nearby flats of two rivers.
Grevillea olivacea, commonly known as olive grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It is a dense, erect shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and erect clusters of bright red and orange or yellow flowers with a red to yellow style.
Grevillea repens, the creeping grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a prostrate, often mat-forming shrub, that has leaves with 5 to 19 teeth or lobes, and light green or grey, toothbrush-like flowers with reddish striations and a deep red, or dull orange to yellow style.
Grevillea stenomera, commonly known as lace net grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas in the west of Western Australia. It is a rounded, glaucous shrub with pinnatisect leaves with 5 to 15 linear lobes, and pinkish and greenish-yellow flowers with a greenish style.
Melaleuca pityoides, commonly known as alpine bottlebrush, is a plant in the family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the higher areas of south eastern Australia. Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon pityoides. It is a shrub, often occurring in dense thickets, with hard bark, silvery-grey new growth, almost cylindrical leaves and spikes of flowers that are usually a shade of yellow.
Grevillea dimorpha, commonly known as flame grevillea or olive grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with elliptic to linear or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and groups of bright red flowers.
Grevillea parvula , commonly known as Genoa grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area near the border between New South Wales and Victoria in south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub, usually with elliptic leaves, and down-turned clusters of pinkish to red flowers.
Grevillea brevifolia, commonly known as Cobberas grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy branchlets, elliptic leaves and clusters of hairy red flowers.
Grevillea diminuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small, spreading shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and cylindrical to dome-shaped groups of reddish-brown flowers.
Grevillea pterosperma, commonly known as desert grevillea or desert spider-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is an erect, rounded shrub with linear leaves, sometimes divided with up to six linear lobes, and cylindrical clusters of greyish white and creamy white flowers with a cream-coloured to pale yellow style.
Grevillea dimidiata, also known as the caustic bush or willings tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with glabrous, more or less sickle-shaped, curved leaves with wavy edges, and cylindrical groups of greenish-white to cream-coloured flowers.
Grevillea cheilocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with silky-hairy, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers.
Grevillea commutata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a spreading, open to dense shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white, cream-coloured, and pinkish-green flowers.
Grevillea muelleri is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the a relatively small area of south-western Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear to narrowly oblong, or divided leaves with linear or narrowly egg-shaped lobes, more or less spherical clusters of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Grevillea oligantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is dense shrub with many erect branches, egg-shaped, lance-shaped or linear leaves, and groups of up to six brownish-yellow, orange or reddish-brown flowers with a pale yellow to reddish style.
Grevillea pauciflora, commonly known as the few-flowered grevillea, or as Port Lincoln grevillea in South Australia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south of continental Australia. It is an erect to straggly or spreading shrub with linear to narrowly wedge-shaped leaves and red or orange flowers with a red or orange style.
Grevillea pityophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a dense shrub with linear to more or less cylindrical leaves and hairy, pinkish-red to bright red flowers.
Bossiaea webbii, commonly known as water bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub with more or less round to kidney-shaped, minutely-toothed leaves and orange-yellow and red, pea-like flowers.
Grevillea ceratocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland areas of the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with softly-hairy, narrowly elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and creamy-white flowers.
Pimelea penicillaris, commonly known as sandhill riceflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Central Australia. It is an erect, dioecious shrub with densely hairy young stems, densely hairy, pale silvery green, elliptic leaves, and compact heads of white to yellow or pink flowers surrounded by 6 to 12 silky-hairy, silvery or brownish involucral bracts.