Grevillea elongata Olde & Marriott

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Grevillea

Characteristics

Shrub 1.5-2 m tall. Branchlets glabrous or with a sparse appressed indumentum. Leaves 2.5-5 cm long, tripartite with lateral lobes often again tripartite, occasionally biternate; ultimate lobes linear, 0.5-3 cm long, c. 0.8 mm wide; apices pungent; margins tightly revolute to prominent midrib; lower surface 2-grooved. Unit conflorescence acropetal, narrowly conical to subcylindrical; floral rachis glabrous or sometimes sparsely subsericeous near base. Flower colour: perianth and style white. Perianth glabrous outside. Pistil 3.5-4.5 mm long; stylar swelling ovoid; pollen-presenter truncate-conical to sub-cylindrical, scarcely wider than apex of style. Follicle obloid-ellipsoidal, c. 8 mm long, rugulose.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.0
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Environment

Grows in heathy associations in poorly drained sandy soils, often beside creeks.
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Germination duration (days) 20 - 25
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Grevillea elongata world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Grevillea elongata threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:982542-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709133
COL ID 3HCNV
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Synonyms

Grevillea elongata