Grevillea refracta

Grevillea refracta, commonly known as the silver-leaf grevillea, is a species of plant in the protea family that is native to northern Australia.

Grevillea refracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. refracta
Binomial name
Grevillea refracta

Description

It grows as a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 2 to 9 m (6 ft 7 in to 29 ft 6 in).[1] It tens to a slender habit with an erect stem and an open textured crown. The pinnate leaves have oblanceolate shaped leaflets.[2] It produces red-orange to yellow or pink flowers in terminal racemes from April to September.[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810 as part of the work On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae as published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[3]

There are two subspecies:

  • Grevillea refracta R.Br. subsp. refracta
  • Grevillea refracta subsp. glandulifera Olde & Marriott

Distribution and habitat

It is found in northern Australia including Western Australia, the Northern Territory.[1] and far north western Queensland.[3] It occurs on sandy soils on sandstone cliffs, outcrops and plateaus in low woodland, shrubland and spinifex grassland. In Western Australia it is found in the Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA bioregions.[1]

References
  1. "Grevillea refracta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Grevillea refracta". Australian Seed. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. "Grevillea refracta R.Br". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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