Grevillea capitellata
{{short description|Species of plant in the family Proteaceae endemic to New South Wales}}
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| genus = Grevillea
| species = capitellata
| authority = Meisn.{{cite web |title=Grevillea capitellata |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/109209 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=20 February 2022}}
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Grevillea capitellata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Illawarra region of New South Wales. It is a low, dense mounded or prostrate shrub with narrowly elliptic to oblong leaves, and dull, deep crimson to dark maroon flowers.
Description
Grevillea capitellata is dense, mounded or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|50|cm}} and often has arching branches. It has narrowly elliptic to oblong leaves {{cvt|20–90|mm}} long and {{cvt|2–8|mm}} wide, the lower surface hairy. The flowers are arranged in more or less spherical groups often near ground level. The flowers are dull, deep crimson to dark maroon with a maroon style, the pistil {{cvt|10–12|mm}} long and the style strongly curved near its end. Flowering mostly occurs from July to December and the fruit is a glabrous follicle about {{cvt|18|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea capitellata |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20capitellata |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |access-date=20 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Gravillea capitellata |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~capitellata |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=20 February 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Grevillea capitellata |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/grevillea_capitellata.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=20 February 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea capitellata was first formally described in 1856 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from specimens collected by Allan Cunningham near Port Jackson.{{cite web|title=Grevillea capitellata|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/540477|publisher=APNI|access-date=20 February 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Meissner |first1=Carl |title=Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis |volume=14 |date=1856 |publisher=Victoris Masson |location=Paris |page=356 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109211#page/362/mode/1up |access-date=3 December 2021}} The specific epithet (capitellata) means "forming a small head".{{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=157 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
This grevillea grows in poorly drained places including in swamp margins and occurs in the far south of the Sydney Basin and the northern Illawarra region.
Conservation status
Despite its restricted distribution, Grevillea capitellata has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. There are no known major threats to this species and its population is presumed to be stable.{{cite iucn |author=Makinson, R. |author2=Auld, T. |year=2020 |title=Grevillea capitellata |volume=2020 |page=e.T112648914A113309265 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112648914A113309265.en |access-date=27 December 2023}}
References
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Category:Proteales of Australia
Category:Flora of New South Wales