Grevillea muelleri is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the a relatively small area of south-western Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear to narrowly oblong, or divided leaves with linear or narrowly egg-shaped lobes, more or less spherical clusters of white to cream-coloured flowers.
| Grevillea muelleri | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. muelleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea muelleri | |
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Grevillea trifida 'Stirling Range form' | |
Description
editGrevillea muelleri is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in) and has silky-hairy branchlets. Its adult leaves are 25–100 mm (0.98–3.94 in) long, linear to narrowly oblong or narrowly lance-shaped, sometimes with a few irregular teeth and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide, sometimes divided and 3–17 mm (0.12–0.67 in) wide. Leaves on flowering stems are usually narrower and shorter with fewer lobes. The flowers are white to cream-coloured, usually near the ends of branches, sometimes branched, in more or less spherical clusters 10 mm (0.39 in) long on a rachis 0.2–0.5 mm (0.0079–0.0197 in), the pistil 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. Flowering occurs from June to September and the fruit is an egg-shaped to elliptic follicle 7.5–9.5 mm (0.30–0.37 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editGrevillea muelleri was first formally described in 1870 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by Ferdinand von Mueller at the summit of the Stirling Range.[4][5] The specific epithet (muelleri) honours the collector of the type specimens.[6]
Distribution and habitat
editThis grevillea grows in forest and tall shrubland and is mainly restricted to the Stirling Range National Park in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Grevillea muelleri". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea muelleri". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea muelleri". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Grevillea muelleri". APNI. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1870). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 5. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 479. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780958034180.