''Grevillea stenostachya'' 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
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to the west of Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with
pinnatipartite to almost
pinnatisect
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leaves with 3 to 5 lobes, the end lobes cylindrical and sharply pointed, and greenish-white to creamy yellow flowers with a cream-coloured to yellow
style.
Description
''Grevillea stenostachya'' is a compact, densely-branched shrub that typically grows to a height of . The leaves are pinnatipartite to almost pinnatisect, long, usually with 3 to 5 lobes, the end lobes cylindrical, long and wide and sharply pointed. The flowers are usually arranged in clusters with 2 to 5 branches, each branch cylindrical and long. The flowers are greenish-white to creamy yellow with a cream-coloured to yellow style, 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. Flowering mainly occurs in August and September, and the fruit is a wrinkled, oval
follicle long.
Taxonomy
''Grevillea stenostachya'' was first formally described in 1936 by
Charles Gardner in the ''
Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
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'' from specimens he collected with
William Blackall east of
Meeberrie homestead, near the
Murchison River in 1931.
The
specific epithet
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(''stenostachya'') means "narrow flower spike".
Distribution and habitat
This grevillea grows in scub or
mallee between
Hamelin Pool,
Meekatharra and the Murchison River in the
Coolgardie,
Geraldton Sandplains,
Murchison and
Yalgoo bioregions in the west of western Western Australia.
Conservation status
''Grevillea stenomera'' is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) is the Western Australian government
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.
See also
*
List of Grevillea species
References
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stenostachya
Proteales of Australia
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1936
Taxa named by Charles Gardner