Grevillea integrifolia
{{short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Grevillea integrifolia q5832 gnangarra.JPG
|image_caption = At Quairading, Western Australia
|genus = Grevillea
|species = integrifolia
|authority = (Endl.) Meisn.{{cite web|title=Grevillea integrifolia|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/70700|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=27 May 2022}}
|synonyms =
- Anadenia integrifolia Endl.
- Grevillea integrifolia (Endl.) Meisn. subsp. integrifolia
- Grevillea integrifolia (Endl.) Meisn. var. integrifolia
}}
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Grevillea integrifolia, commonly known as entire-leaved grevillea,{{FloraBase|name=Grevillea integrifolia |id=2022 }} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and cylindrical clusters of white to creamy-white flowers.
Description
Grevillea integrifolia is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1–3|m}}. Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|10–50|mm}} long and {{cvt|2–10|mm}} wide, sometimes curving upwards. The flowers are white to creamy-white, sometimes with a pink tinge and are arranged in cylindrical, sometimes branched clusters on a rachis {{cvt|30–45|mm}} long. The pistil is {{cvt|5.5–6.5|mm}} long and glabrous. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruit is a smooth, narrowly oblong follicle {{cvt|9–11|mm}} long.{{cite web |title=Grevillea integrifolia |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20integrifolia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=27 May 2022}}
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described in Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres in 1830 by Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Anadenia integrifolia.{{cite web|title=Anadenia integrifolia|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/508281|publisher=APNI|access-date=27 May 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Endlicher |first1=Stephan |title=Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres |date=1838 |location=Vienna |page=21 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128397#page/223/mode/1up |access-date=27 May 2022}} The species was transferred to the genus Grevillea as Grevillea integrifolia by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in 1856.{{cite web|title=Grevillea integrifolia|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/481424|publisher=APNI|access-date=27 May 2022}} The specific epithet (integrifolia) means "whole-leaved", that it not toothed or lobed.{{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=225 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Entire-leaved grevillea usually grows in heath and occurs near Burracoppin, Quairading, Kukerin and Corrigin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.