Grevillea eryngioides | |
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In Kings Park, Perth | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Grevillea |
Species: | G. eryngioides |
Binomial name | |
Grevillea eryngioides | |
Grevillea eryngioides, commonly called curly grevillea, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is shrub with low clumping foliage with erect flowering spikes, divided leaves with oblong to egg-shaped lobes, and groups of purplish-red flowers with a yellow style.
Grevillea eryngioides is a glaucous shrub with low, clumping foliage but forms flowering spikes typically 0.5–1.5 m (1 ft 8 in – 4 ft 11 in) high, and that forms suckers. The leaves are mostly 100–180 mm (3.9–7.1 in) long and 30–65 mm (1.2–2.6 in) wide with two to five pairs of oblong to egg-shaped lobes with the narrower end towards the base, the lobes 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long and 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) wide with wavy edges. Both surfaces of the leaves are glabrous and glaucous. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets or in leaf axils on a long, usually branched flowering spike, in dense, oval groups with many flowers on a rachis 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) long. The flowers are light purplish-red with a yellowish, red- to blackish-tipped style, the pistil 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) long. Flowering mostly occurs from September to November and the fruit is a sticky, oval to lens-shaped follicle 14–21 mm (0.55–0.83 in) long. [3] [4]
Grevillea eryngioides was first formally described in 1870 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond. [5] [6] The specific epithet (eryngioides) means " Eryngium -like". [7]
Curly grevillea grows in heath or shrubland and is widespread between Morawa, Lake Grace, Coolgardie and Peak Charles National Park in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. [3] [4]
Grevillea eryngioides is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, as it has a widespread distribution and a stable population. Although much of this species' distribution and population within the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia has been rapidly lost in the past due to clearance for agriculture, this has mostly ceased. Current threats to G. eryngioides include competition with invasive weeds and clearance of roadside verges. This species is present in a few protected areas and no additional conservation measures are requires at present. [1]
Grevillea petrophiloides, commonly known as pink pokers, rock grevillea or poker grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with divided leaves, the lobes mostly linear, and cylindrical clusters of usually pink to reddish pink and bluish-grey flowers.
Grevillea dielsiana, commonly known as Diels grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with divided leaves, the end lobes linear and tapering, and groups of red or orange flowers, often with streaks of pink or cream.
Grevillea excelsior, commonly known as flame grevillea or orange flame grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree with usually divided leaves with linear lobes, and clusters of orange flowers.
Grevillea acuaria is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rounded, bushy to erect shrub with spreading linear to narrowly elliptic leaves and red flowers arranged in small clusters.
Grevillea nana, commonly known as dwarf grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to low, mounded, dense shrub with divided leaves with sharply-pointed, linear lobes, and clusters of pink, orange, yellow or red flowers.
Grevillea saccata, commonly known as pouched grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading to diffuse, scrambling or trailing shrub with linear to oblong or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and small clusters of red and orange flowers with a lime-green style.
Grevillea amplexans is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with arching branches, stem-clasping, sharply-pointed, lobed or toothed leaves and white to cream-coloured flowers.
Grevillea hirtella is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with crowded linear and divided leaves and clusters of pale pink to deep red 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 shuttleworthiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a more or less erect shrub with variably-shaped leaves, the shape depending on subspecies, and cylindrical clusters of cream-coloured to yellow or greenish flowers, often held above the foliage.
Darwinia pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an open to bushy shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves and heads of erect, creamy-white and pink flowers.
Calytrix oldfieldii is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with linear, oblong or egg-shaped leaves and mauve, pink, red, magenta or violet flowers with about 50 to 75 yellow stamens in several rows.
Billardiera coriacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a woody scrambler or climber that has more or less oblong leaves, the flowers white to pale yellow and arranged singly or in small groups on short side shoots.
Leucopogon oldfieldii is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with lance-shaped leaves and dense spikes of white or pink, tube-shaped flowers.
Styphelia tortifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear or narrowly oblong leaves, and red, tube-shaped flowers with bearded lobes.
Bossiaea concinna is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spiny, more or less glabrous shrub with oblong leaves and bright yellow and red flowers.
Daviesia nematophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, erect shrub with glabrous foliage, erect, usually needle-shaped phyllodes, and yellow, orange and dark red flowers.
Leucopogon fimbriatus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a bushy, erect or sprawling shrub with overlapping egg-shaped or oblong leaves and spikes of tube-shaped white flowers on the ends of branches.
Conostephium preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many stems, egg-shaped to oblong leaves and white and purplish to reddish-pink flowers.
Chorizema dicksonii, commonly known as yellow-eyed flame pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with oblong to lance-shaped leaves and red and orange flowers.