Grevillea neurophylla subsp. neurophylla Gand. APNI*
Description: Erect to spreading shrub. Branches not columnar, the foliage usually open.
Leaves irregularly ascending or occasionally spreading, not or only moderately crowded, sometimes irregularly curved or wavy; longest leaves 4 cm long.
Flower colour: perianth and style white to very pale pink; limb with brown hairs.
Fruits 8–10 mm long.
Flowering: Flowers September–February
Distribution and occurrence: Occurs in montane and subcoastal areas in south-eastern N.S.W. (South from the Brindabella Valley west of Canberra, along western edge of the Snowy Mountains, and a longer-leaved variant on the south coast near Eden, in the Yambulla State Forest). and montane eastern Vic. Grows in eucalypt woodland or open forest, often in gullies or on rocky slopes near creeks but not usually in flood-zones, in sandy granite-derived or sometimes sandstone soils.
NSW subdivisions: SC, ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by R.O. Makinson Taxon concept: R.O. Makinson (Fl. Australia)
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