Grevillea umbellulata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. umbellulata
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| Grevillea umbellulata | |
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Grevillea umbellulata is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub that forms a lignotuber, has linear to narrowly elliptic leaves, and cylindrical clusters of hairy, white to cream-coloured flowers often tinged with grey or pink.
Description
[edit]Grevillea umbellulata is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.8 m (1 ft 0 in – 5 ft 11 in) and forms a lignotuber. Its leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, 7–50 mm (0.28–1.97 in) long and 0.6–3.5 mm (0.024–0.138 in) wide. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, usually concealing most of the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in umbel-like clusters, the flowers nearer the base of the rachis flowering first. The flowers are hairy, white to cream-coloured often with a pale grey or pink tinge, the pistil 5.5–8.0 mm (0.22–0.31 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to November, and the fruit is a shaggy-hairy, narrowly oblong to oval follicle 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
[edit]Grevillea umbellulata was first formally described in 1848 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae, the type specimen collected by James Drummond in the Swan River Colony.[6][7] The specific epithet (umbellulata) means "umbel-like".[8]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This grevillea grows in a variety of habitats including in wandoo or marri woodland, mallee scrub and low heath, on sandplains, slopes, swamps, river banks and railway verges growing in sandy, clay or gravel soils around or over granite, limestone or laterite. It is widespread in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Grevillea umbellulata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Grevillea umbellulata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Wrigley, John W.; Fagg, Murray A. (1991). Banksias, waratahs & grevilleas : and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family. North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson. pp. 344–345. ISBN 0207172773.
- ^ a b "Grevillea umbellulata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Grevillea umbellulata". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ^ "Grevillea umbellulata". APNI. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ Meissner, Carl (1848). Plantae preissianae sive enumeratio plantarum quas in australasia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-1841 collegit Ludovicus Preiss. Vol. 2. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. pp. 252–253. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 331. ISBN 9780958034180.