Grevillea leucopteris Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Grevillea

Characteristics

Shrub 1-5 m tall with emergent flowering branches. Leaves dorsiventral, (8-) 12-35 cm long, pinnatisect with 11-23 ascending linear lobes, or occasionally trilobed or entire (usually near conflorescences); lowest lobes 5-21 cm long; simple leaves and lobes 0.9-1.8 (-4) mm wide; margins strongly revolute; surfaces dissimilar, with lower surface 2-grooved or lamina slightly exposed, woolly or rarely glabrous. Conflorescence terminal, erect, paniculately 5-14-branched; unit conflorescence cylindrical, 10-15 cm long, acropetal. Flowers acroscopic. Flower colour: perianth and style white to cream. Perianth glabrous outside, villous-bearded inside below ovary. Nectary annular. Pistil 25-33 mm long, glabrous; pollen-presenter oblique, broadly conical. Follicle compressed obloid-ellipsoidal, 20-24 mm long, glabrous, smooth, not viscid.
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A large bushy shrub. It grows 3 m high. There are leaves down to ground level. The leaves are large and divided along the stalk. These consist of soft segments 10-20 cm long. The new tips are red. The flowers are in large leafless panicles above the leaves. They are creamy-white. The young buds are covered with sticky pinkish-brown bracts. The flowers are rich in nectar. The flowers have a sickly unpleasant odour. The fruit are oval brown follicles. These open and fall off. They are 2 cm long by 1 cm wide. There are 2 flat winged seeds inside.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in deep sands in Western Australia. It needs well drained soil. It needs a sunny position. It suits warm temperate climates. It suits hardiness zones 9-10.
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Grows in open heath and tall shrubland, often colonising disturbed sites.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

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Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. The seed germinate 15-60 days after sowing.
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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 leucopteris unspecified picture

Distribution

Grevillea leucopteris world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Grevillea leucopteris threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:703889-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709314
COL ID 3HCSC
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Synonyms

Grevillea leucopteris Grevillea segmentosa