''Grevillea argyrophylla'', the silvery-leaved grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family

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and is

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to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, sometimes low-lying shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers, sometimes tinged with pink.

Description

''Grevillea argyrophylla'' is an erect, sometimes low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of with softly-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are erect, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide, often with a notch in the tip. The flowers are arranged in groups on a woolly-hairy rachis long, and are white, sometimes with a pink tinge. The

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is long and glabrous. Flowering mainly occurs from July to October and the fruit is an oval follicle long.

Taxonomy

''Grevillea argyrophylla'' was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner in ''

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'', from material collected by James Drummond. The

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(''argyrophylla'') means "silvery-leaved".

Distribution and habitat

Silvery-leaved grevillea grows in heath and shrubland over limestone or sandstone in near-coastal areas from the Murchison River to

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and Jurien Bay in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

This grevillea is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia's

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and as "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Despite its relatively small range, it is common and its population is stable. There are no known substantial threats to the species, either currently or in the immediate future.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3006276 argyrophylla Endemic flora of Western Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Proteales of Australia Taxa named by Carl Meissner Plants described in 1855