Английская Википедия:Grevillea leptobotrys

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Habit

Grevillea leptobotrys, commonly known as tangled grevillea,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate shrub with simple and toothed, or divided leaves, the lobes further divided, the end lobes triangular, egg-shaped, oblong or more or less linear, and clusters of pale to deep lilac-pink flowers.

Description

Grevillea leptobotrys is a prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt, its branchlets sometimes silky- or woolly-hairy. The leaves are variably-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, sometimes simple and toothed, otherwise divided with seven to fifteen lobes, sometimes further divided, the end lobes triangular to egg-shaped, oblong or more or less linear, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in sometimes branched clusters on a rachis Шаблон:Cvt long and are pale to deep lilac-pink, the pistil Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December, but flowers are present in most months. The fruit is a oval to club-shaped, red follicle Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Grevillea leptobotrys was first formally described in 1848 by Carl Meissner in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected by James Drummond in the Swan River Colony.[3][4] The specific epithet (leptobotrys) means "a slender bunch of grapes".[5]

Distribution and habitat

Tangled grevillea grows in woodland and shrubby forest in the area between Cranbrook, Brookton, North Bannister and Shannon in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[1][2]

Conservation status

This grevillea is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

See also

References

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