Grevillea stenobotrya

Grevillea stenobotrya is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to arid regions of Australia. Common names include rattle-pod grevillea, sandhill grevillea and sandhill spider flower.[2] Plants grow to between 1.5 and 6 metres in height and have leaves are linear and entire, or occasionally divided, and between 6 and 28 cm long and 0.7 to 2.5 mm wide. Flowers are cream, pale yellow or pale pink.[3] These appear in clustered spikes at the end of branches between May and December in the species' native range.[3][4] The fruits which follow are hard, flattened and rounded and have a short beak.[4]

Grevillea stenobotrya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. stenobotrya
Binomial name
Grevillea stenobotrya
Synonyms

Grevillea livea Ewart & M.E.L.Archer
Grevillea simulans Morrison

The species was formally described in 1875 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the ninth volume of his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Mueller's description was based on plant material collected in the MacDonnell Ranges in central Australia during an expedition by Ernest Giles.[1] The specific epithet is derived from the Greek words stenos (narrow) and botrys (bunch of grapes).[5] It occurs in red sandhill country in association with other shrub and Triodia species.[3]

References
  1. "Grevillea stenobotrya". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. Makinson, R.O. "Grevillea stenobotrya F.Muell". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. "Grevillea stenobotrya". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  4. G.M. Cunningham; W.E. Mulham; P.L. Milthorpe; J.H. Leigh (28 July 2011). Plants of Western New South Wales. CSIRO Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-643-10363-4. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. "Grevillea stenobotrya F.Muell". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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