Grevillea dimorpha
{{short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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|name = Flame grevillea
|image = Grevillea dimorpha.jpg
|image_caption = In Maranoa Gardens
|genus = Grevillea
|species = dimorpha
|authority = F.Muell.{{cite web|title=Grevillea dimorpha|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/61473|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=26 March 2022}}
|synonyms =
- Grevillea dimorpha var. augustifolia F.Muell.
- Grevillea dimorpha F.Muell. var. dimorpha
- Grevillea dimorpha var. lanceolata Meisn. nom. illeg.
- Grevillea dimorpha var. latifolia F.Muell.
- Grevillea dimorpha var. linearis F.Muell. MS
- Grevillea dimorpha var. linearis Meisn. MS
- Grevillea oleoides subsp. dimorpha (F.Muell.) Benth.
- Grevillea speciosa subsp. dimorpha (F.Muell.) McGill.
}}
Grevillea dimorpha, commonly known as flame grevillea or olive grevillea,{{cite web |title=Grevillea dimorpha |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20dimorpha |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=26 March 2022}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with elliptic to linear or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and groups of bright red flowers.
Description
Grevillea dimorpha is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.4–3|m}}. Its leaves are elliptic to linear or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|50–150|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–20|mm}} wide, the edges turned down or rolled under and the lower surface silky-hairy. The flowers are usually arranged in leaf axils, in down-turned groups of two to sixteen flowers and are bright red, the pistil {{cvt|21–26|mm}} long. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December and the fruit is an elliptic follicle {{cvt|12–16|mm}} long, with a bumpy surface.{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea dimorpha |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/0fd5c804-a455-49c4-a396-9cac1bf261b3 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=26 March 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea dimorpha was first formally described in 1855 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria from specimens collected in the Grampians.{{cite web|title=Grevillea dimorpha|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/466899|publisher=APNI|access-date=26 March 2022}} The specific epithet (dimorpha) means "having two forms".{{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=184 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Conservation status
The species is listed as "endangered" under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988{{cite web |title=Grevillea dimorpha |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/0fd5c804-a455-49c4-a396-9cac1bf261b3 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=30 December 2023}} and as "rare" in Victoria, on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory list of rare or threatened plants in Victoria.{{cite web |title=Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List June 2024
|url=https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/707416/FFG_Threatened_List_June_2024.pdf |publisher=The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action |access-date=25 November 2024}}
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Proteales of Australia