Grevillea leptopoda is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub with divided leaves, the lobes further divided, the end lobes linear, and clusters of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Grevillea leptopoda is a spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt, its branchlets silky-hairy. The leaves are Шаблон:Cvt long and divided with three to five lobes, the side lobes usually further divided three times, the end lobes linear or tapered, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches and in leaf axils in sometimes branched clusters on a rachisШаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are white to cream-coloured, the pistilШаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a oblong follicleШаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]
Grevillea leptopoda was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae) from specimens collected near the Brand Highway north of Carnamah in 1953.[3] The specific epithet (leptopoda) means "slender foot", referring to the thin flower pedicels.[4]
Distribution and habitat
This grevillea is found from Kalbarri south to Moora, growing among medium to low trees in tall shrubland, mallee or heathland[1] It will grow in rocky, stony or sandy lateritic soils.[2]
