Grevillea diffusa subsp. constablei Makinson APNI* 
Description: Shrub 0.3–1.8 m high.
Leaves narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate or linear, 2–13 cm long, 1–10 mm wide, margins entire and recurved to revolute, lower surface silky to villous.
Inflorescences erect to decurved or pendant, dome-shaped to subglobose. Perianth dark red or rarely green and brown, silky to loosely villous outside, bearded inside. Gynoecium mostly 10–13.5 mm long; ovary stipitate, glabrous; style red, sharply curved at c. 1–1.5 mm from the apex, glabrous except for erect hairs or papillae near apex.
Follicle glabrous.
Flowering: winter and spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest or woodland, occasionally in swampy heath, in sandy soils, usually on Hawkesbury sandstone.
NSW subdivisions: CC
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