''Grevillea dryophylla'', also known as Goldfields grevillea,
is a species of flowering plant in the family
Proteaceae
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Pro ...
and is
endemic to
Victoria, Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub with hairy branchlets, lobed leaves, and green to brown or yellow flowers.
Description
''Grevillea dryophylla'' is a spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has hairy branchlets. Its leaves are long and wide in outline, and usually have three to seven lobes long and wide, occasionally
simple or with two to five teeth. The tips of the teeth or lobes are usually sharply pointed, the edges are turned down and the lower surface in covered with wavy to curly hairs. The flowers are arranged in groups on a
rachis long and are green to light brown or dull yellow, the
pistil
Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) ''pistils'' ...
long with a
glabrous red to pink or dull yellow
style. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a
glabrous, silky-hairy
follicle long.
Taxonomy
''Grevillea dryophylla'' was first formally described in 1957 by
Norman Wakefield
Norman Arthur Wakefield (28 November 1918 – 23 September 1972) was an Australian teacher, naturalist, paleontologist and botanist, notable as an expert on ferns. He described many new species of plants.
Wakefield was born in Romsey, Victori ...
in ''
The Victorian Naturalist
''The Victorian Naturalist'' is a bimonthly scientific journal covering natural history, especially of Australia. It is published by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria and is received as part of the membership subscription of that club. From ...
'' from specimens collected near
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
in 1934 by Alfred James Tadgell.
Distribution and habitat
Goldfields grevillea occurs in dry
sclerophyll forest in an area bounded by
St Arnaud, Bendigo,
Castlemaine Castlemaine may mean:
* Castlemaine, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia
** Castlemaine Football Club, an Australian rules football club
** Castlemaine railway station
* Castlemaine, County Kerry, a town in Ireland
* Castlemaine Brewery, Western ...
and
Maryborough.
Conservation status
The species is listed as
Endangered under the ''
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1998''.
It is also listed as "rare in Victoria" on the
Department of Environment and Primary Industries ''Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria''.
References
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dryophylla
Flora of Victoria (state)
Proteales of Australia
Plants described in 1957
Taxa named by Norman Arthur Wakefield