Grevillea rara Olde & Marriott

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Grevillea

Characteristics

Shrub, prostrate to sprawling when young, ascending to 2 m tall when adult. Branchlets densely pubescent to tomentose. Leaves 2-2.5 cm long, secund, pinnatisect with usually 5 divaricate primary lobes, these often again 2-or 3-partite; ultimate lobes divaricate, linear, sometimes gently curved, 4-15 (-20) mm long, (0.3-) 0.5-0.8 mm wide; apices weakly pungent not or weakly pungent; margins tightly and smoothly revolute; lower surface completely enclosed, 2-grooved. Unit conflorescence ?basipetal, subglobose to dome-shaped; floral rachis tomentose. Flower colour: perianth and style white, sometimes tinged pink. Perianth glabrous outside. Pistil 3.5 mm long; stylar swelling ovoid to narrowly so; pollen-presenter conical, base slightly broader than apex of style. Follicle (only very immature seen) rugose.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Grows in Jarrah forest in lateritic loam, moist situations along creek lines.
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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 rara world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Grevillea rara threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:976695-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709524
COL ID 6KSL6
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Synonyms

Grevillea rara