Grevillea sessilis explained

Grevillea sessilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with divided leaves and cylindrical clusters of white flowers with a creamy-white or greenish yellow style.

Description

Grevillea sessilis is shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are long and pinnatipartite with 5 to 18 narrowly egg-shaped or oblong lobes long and wide. The flowers are arranged in cylindrical clusters along a rachis long, the pistil long. The flowers are white with a creamy-white or yellowish green style with a green tip. Flowering occurs from April to December and the fruit is a hairy follicle long.[1]

Taxonomy

Grevillea sessilis was first formally described in 1926 by Cyril Tenison White and William Douglas Francis from specimens collected by Jess Young near Torrens Creek.[2] [3]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in open woodland or shrubland in shallow soil over sandstone on low mountain ranges between Cairns, Springsure and Theodore in eastern Queensland.

Conservation status

Grevillea sessilis is listed as "not threatened" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grevillea sessilis . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 30 January 2023.
  2. Web site: Grevillea sessilis. APNI. 30 January 2023.
  3. White . Cyril T. . Francis . William D. . Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3. . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland . 1926 . 37 . 165–166 .
  4. Web site: Species profile—Grevillea sessilis . Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science . 30 January 2023.