Grevillea willisii R.V.Sm. & Mcgill.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Grevillea

Characteristics

Spreading to erect shrub 2.0-4.5 m high, to 3 m across. Leaves pinnatipartite, 2.5-14 cm long, 20-65 mm wide, with 5-19 primary lobes each simple to 5-fid; ultimate lobes narrowly to broadly triangular to oblong-elliptic, 0.5-2.5 cm long, 3-17 mm wide, sometimes pungent; margins recurved to shortly revolute; lower surface mostly exposed, densely tomentose with curled hairs. Unit conflorescence erect or slightly decurved, dense, secund; floral rachis 30-85 mm long. Flower colour: perianth greenish white to pale fawn-yellow on curve and limb, inside blackish; style white to cream (not reddening with age). Perianth tomentose outside. Pistil 11-18 mm long; stipe 0.3-1.1 mm long. Follicle 8-11 mm long, softly tomentose.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.5
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Environment

Grows in open shrubby associations on rocky bluffs and near streams in granitic sandy loam soils on granite.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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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

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Distribution

Grevillea willisii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704122-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709699
COL ID 6L4KX
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Synonyms

Grevillea willisii