Grevillea renwickiana explained

Grevillea renwickiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a prostrate, mat-forming shrub with pinnatifid to pinnatipartite leaves and clusters of cream-coloured to pale pink and purplish flowers.

Description

Grevillea renwickiana is a prostrate shrub that typically grows to high and forms mats up to in diameter and root suckers. The leaves are lance-shaped to oblong in outline, long and wide with 5 to 18 teeth or lobes, the end lobes triangular to oblong, mostly long and wide and sharply pointed. The edges of the leaves are turned down, and the lower surface with loose, silky hairs. The flowers are arranged on one side of a rachis long. The flowers are cream-coloured to pale pink and purplish, the pistil long. Flowering occurs in November and December and the fruit is a hairy follicle.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

Grevillea renwickiana was first formally described in 1887 by Ferdinand von Mueller in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from specimens collected by William Baeuerlen "on heath-ground near the Little River in the Braidwood district, at an elevation of about ".[3] [4] The specific epithet (renwickiana) honours Sir Arthur Renwick.

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in open forest in the Braidwood-Nerriga area of south-eastern New South Wales.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Makinson . Robert O. . Grevillea renwickiana . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 30 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Grevillea renwickiana . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 30 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Grevillea renwickiana. APNI. 16 November 2022.
  4. von Mueller . Ferdinand . Some hitherto undescribed plants of New South Wales. . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . Series 2 . 1887 . 1 . 4 . 1105–1106 . 30 November 2022.