Grevillea crithmifolia R.Br.
Prod. Suppl. 23 (1830)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Grazyna Paczkowska,
Monday 7 August 1995
Dense much-branched shrub, (0.3-)0.6-2 m high. Fl. white/white-pink, Jun or Aug to Nov. White or yellow sand over limestone. Dunes, hillslopes, sandplains.
Distribution
Beard’s Provinces: South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions: Geraldton Hills, Perth.
IMCRA Regions: Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Cambridge, Claremont, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Irwin, Joondalup, Mandurah, Mosman Park, Murray, Nedlands, Perth, Rockingham, Stirling, Waroona.
Scientific Description
Chris Hollister and Nicholas S. Lander,
Tuesday 8 April 2008
Habit and leaf form. Shrubs, 0.6–2.5 m high. Branchlets not glaucous. Leaves simple, 12–30 mm long overall. Leaf blade dissected, tripartite; shallowly divided; not further divided. Leaf lobes 10–20 mm long, 1–1.2 mm wide. Margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming two grooves with the midvein. Hairs straight.
Inflorescence and floral features. Inflorescence terminal; a raceme. Flowers cream or pink, very irregular. Pedicel 6–9 mm long. Perianth 3–5 mm long, glabrous, 4 -partite; lobes all free. Stamens 4. Pistil 4–5 mm long, stipitate; stipe 1.5–2 mm long. Ovary glabrous. Styles glabrous, white or pink. Pollen presenter conical.
Fruit features. Fruit pitted, oblong, glabrous, not viscid, 12–15 mm long.
Flowering Time. June, or July, or August, or September, or December.
Habitat. Amongst medium trees, or low trees; in rocky or stony soil, or sand (limestone); occupying sandplains.
Distribution. Western Australia. Western Australian Botanical Province(s): South-west; IBRA Bioregions SW: GS, SWA, and WAR. Western Australian native; endemic to Western Australia.
Etymology. crithmifolia: genus Crithmum + folium leaf.
Descriptions were generated using DELTA format and DELTA software: Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993 onwards, 1995 onwards, 1998)
