Grevillea diffusa Sieber ex Spreng.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Grevillea

Characteristics

Low compact shrub to 50 cm tall or occasionally weakly erect and open to 2 m tall. Branchlets pubescent to sericeous or glabrous, angular to subterete. Leaves elliptic or narrowly so to linear or sometimes slightly obovate, 1-13 cm long, 1-10.5 mm wide; upper surface obscurely punctate; margins almost flat or recurved to irregularly revolute; lower surface exposed, sericeous. Conflorescence terminal, erect to decurved or pendant, subsessile to conspicuously pedunculate (peduncles often flexuose), sometimes 2-4-branched; unit conflorescence loosely hemispherical-subsecund to densely subglobose. Flowers acroscopic. Perianth sparsely to densely subsericeous outside, bearded inside. Pistil 6-11 (-13.5) mm long; style incurved, with scattered papilloid hairs over the apical 1-5 mm; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle narrowly obloid-ellipsoidal, 11-16 mm long.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Germination duration (days) 20 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Grevillea diffusa unspecified picture

Distribution

Grevillea diffusa world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Grevillea diffusa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62629-3
WFO ID wfo-0000709097
COL ID 3HCN7
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Synonyms

Grevillea sericea var. diffusa Grevillea diffusa

Lower taxons

Grevillea diffusa subsp. constablei