Goldfields grevillea
In the Jackass Flat Nature Conservation Reserve
Endangered (FFG)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. dryophylla
Binomial name
Grevillea dryophylla

Grevillea dryophylla, also known as Goldfields grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae 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 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has hairy branchlets. Its leaves are 20–85 mm (0.79–3.35 in) long and 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) wide in outline, and usually have three to seven lobes 6–30 mm (0.24–1.18 in) long and 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) 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 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) long and are green to light brown or dull yellow, the pistil 13.5–15.5 mm (0.53–0.61 in) 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 9–12.5 mm (0.35–0.49 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Grevillea dryophylla was first formally described in 1957 by Norman Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected near Bendigo in 1934 by Alfred James Tadgell.[4][5]

Distribution and habitat

Goldfields grevillea occurs in dry sclerophyll forest in an area bounded by St Arnaud, Bendigo, Castlemaine and Maryborough.[2][3]

Conservation status

The species is listed as Endangered under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1998.[2] 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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Grevillea dryophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea dryophylla". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Grevillea dryophylla". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Grevillea dryophylla". APNI. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Wakefield, Norman A. (1956). "Flora of Victoria: New species and other additions - 9". The Victorian Naturalist. 73 (5): 74. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria" (PDF). Department of Environment and Primary Industries. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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