Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to New South Wales, Australia
Grevillea macleayana, commonly known as Jervis Bay grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic, sometimes lobed leaves, and greenish or greyish flowers with a pink to red style.
Description
Grevillea macleayana is a spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in). Its leaves are usually elliptic to egg-shaped, 25–200 mm (0.98–7.87 in) long and 10–80 mm (0.39–3.15 in) wide, sometimes with two to five oblong lobes 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide. The lower surface of the leaves is densely covered with soft hairs. The flowers are arranged on one side of a rachis 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) long and are greenish-white to greyish pink with a pink to red style, the pistil 22–28.6 mm (0.87–1.13 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is a woolly-hairy follicle 12–19 mm (0.47–0.75 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Jervis Bay grevillea was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray who gave it the name Grevillea barklyana subsp. macleayana in his book, New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae), from specimens collected near Bream Beach by Roger Coveny in 1971.[4] In 1994, Peter Olde and Neil Marriott changed the name to Grevillea macleayana in The Grevillea Book.[5] The specific epithet (macleayana) honours William John Macleay.[6]
Distribution and habitat
Grevillea macleayana grows in low woodland or shrubland in near-coastal areas of New South Wales from near Jervis Bay to Moruya, and inland as far as Bundanoon.[2][3]
