Grevillea pilulifera

Wooly-flowered grevillea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. pilulifera
Binomial name
	Grevillea pilulifera; (Lindl.) Druce
Synonyms
	List Grevillea lycopodina S.Moore ; Grevillea oxystigma Meisn. ; Grevillea oxystigma var. acerosaMeisn.; Grevillea oxystigma var. heterophyllaMeisn.; Grevillea oxystigmaMeisn. var. oxystigma; Grevillea oxystigma var. tenellaMeisn.; Hakea piluliferaLindl.; ;

Last updated August 20, 2022

Grevillea pilulifera, commonly known as woolly-flowered grevillea,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear to narrowly oblong leaves and hairy, white to cream-coloured flowers, the style with a bright yellow, later red tip.

Description

Grevillea pilulifera is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1.0 to 3.3 ft) and has many branches. Its leaves are linear to narrowly oblong, 3–60 mm (0.12–2.36 in) long and 0.5–11 mm (0.020–0.433 in) wide, the edges turned down or rolled under, the upper surface grainy and the lower surface softly-hairy when exposed. The flowers are arranged in small groups and are covered with white to cream-coloured hairs, the pistil 6.5–8.5 mm (0.26–0.33 in) long. The end of the style is glabrous, bright yellow at first, turning orange, then red as the flower ages. Flowering occurs from April to December and the fruit is a softly-hairy, oblong follicle 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1840 by John Lindley, who gave it the name Hakea pilulifera in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony .^[4]^[5] In 1917, George Claridge Druce changed the name to Grevillea pilulifera in The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916.^[6] The specific epithet (pilulifera) means "bearing a little ball", referring to the tight clusters of buds.^[7]

Distribution and habitat

Woolly-flowered grevillea is found among medium to low sized trees in scrubland or heathland on gravelly soil. It is widespread between Badgingarra, Busselton and Albany and is commonly found on the Darling Range.^[2]^[3]

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References

1 2 "Grevillea pilulifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
1 2 3 "Grevillea pilulifera". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
1 2 "Grevillea pilulifera". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
↑ "Hakea pilulifera". APNI. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
↑ Lindley, John (1839). A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. London: James Ridgway. p. xxxvi. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
↑ "Grevillea pilulifera". APNI. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 278. ISBN 9780958034180.

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[APC-1] 1 2 "Grevillea pilulifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[FB-2] 1 2 3 "Grevillea pilulifera". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[foa-3] 1 2 "Grevillea pilulifera". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[APNI1-4] "Hakea pilulifera". APNI. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[Lindl.-5] Lindley, John (1839). A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. London: James Ridgway. p. xxxvi. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[APNI-6] "Grevillea pilulifera". APNI. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

[Sharr-7] Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 278. ISBN 9780958034180.

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