Grevillea murex Mcgill.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Grevillea

Characteristics

Dense shrub 0.8-2.0 m tall. Branchlets subsericeous. Leaves ascending, 4-6 (-10) mm long, 3-6 mm wide across lobes, regularly 3-6-partite, almost palmate; lobes linear to oblong, 1-8 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; margins revolute; lower surface enclosed except for midveins, 2-grooved, subsericeous in grooves. Unit conflorescence erect, regular, dome-shaped or subumbelloid, acropetal; floral rachis 2-4 mm long subsericeous or sparsely so. Flowers adaxially oriented; pedicels glabrous or with a few appressed hairs. Flower colour: perianth greenish white to dull cream; style white to cream. Perianth glabrous outside, bearded inside. Pistil 8-10 mm long, glabrous; pollen-presenter oblique. Follicle obloid-ellipsoidal, 9-13 mm long, glabrous, very strongly muricate.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 2.0
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Grows in sclerophyll woodland or shrubland, in loamy soils usually over outcropping limestone.
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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 murex world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:929614-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709389
COL ID 6L4ZD
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Synonyms

Grevillea murex