Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Grevillea neurophylla
Common name
Granite Grevillea
Family
Proteaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, shrubland, rocky areas, gullies, and near streams. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands south of the Illawarra Highway. Kosciuszko National Park west of the ACT. Mostly in Vic.
subsp. fluviatilis: Coast and ranges south of Pambula. In Vic south and west from there.
subsp. neurophylla: Ranges south west of Eden. Kosciuszko National Park and Western Slopes west of the ACT. Occasionally elsewhere. mostly in Vic.
Notes
Shrub to 2.6 m high. Sometimes the roots sucker. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2.5–8 cm long, 0.8–2 mm wide, upper surface sparingly dotted, veins slightly granular, margins abruptly bent down, usually obscuring the lower surface on either side of the midvein. Flowers with 4 'petals' joined together in pairs, 'petals' white to pale pink with brownish hairs on the lobes, outer surface hairy with appressed hairs, inside bearded. Gynoecium 6–7.5 mm long; style white to pink, strongly hooked and hairy with minute hairs or warts just below the tips. Flowers in dense clusters about 1 cm long. Flowers Sep.–Feb.
In the absence of specific information, seeds of all species of Grevillea have been keyed as having one wing.
subsp. fluviatilis: Foliage dense. Leaves pointing up, crowded; longest leaves usually more than 4 cm long. Seed cases 6.5–8 mm long.
Rare Vic.
subsp. neurophylla: Foliage usually open. Leaves spreading to pointing up, not or only moderately crowded; longest leaves less than 4 cm long. Seed cases 8–10 mm long
Rare Vic.
VICFLORA description of species and key to subspecies: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/4f2731f1-ecb9-46d0-ae9d-06a1a3c761df (accessed 16 April 2021)
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