Grevillea rhyolitica subsp. semivestita Makinson APNI* Synonyms: Grevillea sp. aff. victoriae 'B' of Olde & Marriott (1995) APNI* Grevillea victoriae race 'g' of McGillivray & Makinson (1993) APNI*
Description: Shrub to 1 m tall. Branchlets loosely subsericeous with appressed short-armed biramous hairs only.
Lower leaf surface often appearing glabrous but with an open inconspicuous indumentum of very short-armed appressed biramous hairs only; hairs mostly ferruginous, some pale.
Peduncle and floral rachis loosely to sparsely pubescent with mainly simple erect hairs and often also a few ascending biramous hairs. Flower colour: perianth and style red. Perianth loosely tomentose outside with brownish ascending biramous hairs mixed with numerous weakly erect simple ?glandular pale hairs, the latter distributed ±evenly from base to limb.
Flowering: Flowers recorded for October–December
Distribution and occurrence: Occurs in N.S.W. in the northern part of the species range, in coastal mountain ranges NW of Moruya, recorded from the NE slopes of Mt Donovan (Oulla Ck catchment) and from Araluen Valley; possibly also Donalds Ck catchment. Grows in broken escarpment country, in open Eucalyptus sieberi forest.
NSW subdivisions: SC
Text by R.O. Makinson Taxon concept: R.O. Makinson (Fl. Australia)
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