Grevillea argyrophylla
{{Short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to south-western Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| image = Grevillea argyrophylla.jpg
| image_caption = Grevillea argyrophylla in Kings Park
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Grevillea
| species = argyrophylla
| authority = Meisn.{{cite web|title=Grevillea argyrophylla|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/81652|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=30 November 2021}}
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Grevillea argyrophylla, the silvery-leaved grevillea,{{FloraBase|name=Grevillea argyrophylla|id=1956}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, sometimes low-lying shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers, sometimes tinged with pink.
Description
Grevillea argyrophylla is an erect, sometimes low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.6–2|m}} with softly-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are erect, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|15–60|mm}} long and {{cvt|2.5–8|mm}} wide, often with a notch in the tip. The flowers are arranged in groups on a woolly-hairy rachis {{cvt|1–4|mm}} long, and are white, sometimes with a pink tinge. The pistil is {{cvt|4–7|mm}} long and glabrous. Flowering mainly occurs from July to October and the fruit is an oval follicle {{cvt|6–10|mm}} long.{{cite web |title=Grevillea argyrophylla |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20argyrophylla |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=30 November 2021}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea argyrophylla was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany, from material collected by James Drummond.{{cite web|title=Grevillea argyrophylla|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/498318|publisher=APNI|access-date=30 November 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Meissner |first1=Carl |title=New Proteaceae of Australia |journal=Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany |date=1855 |volume=7 |page=75 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/6325#page/77/mode/1up |access-date=30 November 2021}} The specific epithet (argyrophylla) means "silvery-leaved".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=137 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Silvery-leaved grevillea grows in heath and shrubland over limestone or sandstone in near-coastal areas from the Murchison River to Dandaragan and Jurien Bay in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
This grevillea is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia's Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and as "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Despite its relatively small range, it is common and its population is stable. There are no known substantial threats to the species, either currently or in the immediate future.{{cite iucn |author=Keighery, G. |author2=Olde, P. |year=2020 |title=Grevillea argyrophylla |volume=2020 |page=e.T112646104A113307661 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112646104A113307661.en |access-date=20 December 2023}}