''Grevillea wiradjuri'' is 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 Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to inland New South Wales. It is an open, erect or dwarf shrub with linear leaves, and clusters of 8 to 20 white flowers.

Description

''Grevillea wiradjuri'' is an open, erect or dwarf shrub that typically grows to a height of , and sometimes forms a

rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

. Its leaves are linear, long and wide. The edges of the leaves are rolled under enclosing the lower surface apart from the mid-vein. The flowers are arranged in

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

clusters of 8 to 20 on the ends of branches and surrounded by the foliage, 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. The flowers are white, sometimes becoming slightly pink or red as they age, and the style is strongly curved near its tip. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a glabrous, oval follicle long.

Taxonomy

''Grevillea wiradjuri'' was first formally described in 2000 by Robert Makinson in the '' Flora of Australia'' from specimens collected by Michael Crisp near Temora in 1988. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''wiradjuri'') refers to the Wiradjuri people, who occupied country where this species is found.

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in forest or woodland, usually in stony places on low ridges between Temora,

Barmedman Barmedman is a rural village in the Bland Shire in the New South Wales state of Australia, located approximately half-way between West Wyalong and Temora. Barmedman began as a service centre for gold-mining operations in the area. Nowadays the ...

and

Ariah Park Ariah Park () is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, west of Temora and south of West Wyalong. The town is within the Temora Shire near Burley Griffin Way. On Census night 2011, Ariah Park had a population of 26 ...

with disjunct populations near Parkes and in

Goobang National Park Goobang is a national park located in New South Wales, Australia, northwest of Sydney. It protects the largest remnant forest and woodland in the central west region of the state, where interior and coastal New South Wales flora and fauna spe ...

, in inland New South Wales.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15583363 wiradjuri Proteales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Robert Owen Makinson