Grevillea reptans
Grevillea reptans, also known as the Tin Can Bay grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is usually a prostrate shrub with long vine-like or arching branches, more or less linear leaves, and branched clusters of mauve-pink flowers.
| Tin Can Bay grevillea | |
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| Grevillea reptans in Poona National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. reptans |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea reptans | |
Description
Grevillea reptans is usually a prostrate to arching sub-shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in) and has long, pliable, vine-like or arching branches. The leaves are more or less linear, 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in branched clusters on a peduncle 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) long, each branch of the flowering clusters with 16 to 24 flowers on one side of the flowering rachis, the youngest flowers towards the ends of the rachis. The flowers are mauve-pink and woolly- to shaggy-hairy, the style becoming red as it ages, the pistil 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from August to November, and the fruit is a follicle 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy
Grevillea reptans was first formally described in 2000 by Robert Owen Makinson in the Flora of Australia from specimens collected in 1966 by Clifford Gittins, near Howard, Queensland in Queensland.[3] The specific epithet (reptans) means "creeping" or "crawling".[4]
Distribution and habitat
Tin Can Bay grevillea grows in shrubby woodland and heathy wallum in scattered places between Burrum Heads, Tewantin and Cooloola National Park, north of Brisbane in south-eastern Queensland.[2]
See also
References
- "Grevillea reptans". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- "Grevillea reptans". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- "Grevillea reptans". APNI. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 293. ISBN 9780958034180.