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Gibraltar Grevillea - profile

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Scientific name: Grevillea rhizomatosa
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Profile last updated: 14 Oct 2024

Description

Gibraltar Grevillea is an open-branched but bushy shrub up to 1m in height. The branchlets and new growth are rusty-coloured and covered in fine hairs. The leaves are very variable in shape and size, some being almost round, with a notched tip, and others oval, pointed and up to 3 cm long. They are pale and thickly felted on the lower surface. Flowers are either single or in clusters of up to four. They are green at the base and dull pink at the outer end, sparsely hairy inside and out. Gibraltar Grevillea does not produce fruits.

Distribution

Confined to northern NSW where it grows only in the Gibraltar Range area.

Habitat and ecology

  • Densely shrubby eucalypt forest at high altitudes in gravely granite-derived soils, usually near creeklines.
  • Reproduces by root suckers.

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Information sources

IBRA Bioregion IBRA Subregion Known or predicted Geographic restrictions region
New England TablelandsNortheast Forest Lands Known None
NSW North CoastWashpool Known None