Grevillea micrantha
{{short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Victoria, Australia}}
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|image_caption = In the Brisbane Ranges
|genus = Grevillea
|species = micrantha
|authority = Meisn.{{cite web|title=Grevillea micrantha|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/95613|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=5 July 2022}}
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Grevillea micrantha, also known as small-flower grevillea,{{cite book |title=Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria |date=2014 |publisher=The State of Victoria Department of Environment and Primary Industries |location=Melbourne |isbn=9781741463132 |page=26 |url=https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/50448/Advisory-List-of-Rare-or-Threatened-Plants-in-Victoria-2014.pdf |access-date=5 July 2022}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a spreading shrub with linear leaves and clusters of white to pale pink flowers.
Description
Grevillea micrantha is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|30–60|cm}} and often forms root suckers. The leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, {{cvt|10–40|mm}} long and {{cvt|0.6–1|mm}} wide with the edges rolled under, usually obscuring the lower surface. The flowers are usually arranged on the ends of branches in umbel-like clusters of about 6 to 14 about {{cvt|10|mm}} long. The flowers are white to pale pink, the pistil {{cvt|5.0–6.5|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from August to January and the fruit is an oval follicle {{cvt|10–11|mm}} long.{{cite web |title=Grevillea micrantha |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20micrantha |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=5 July 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea micrantha |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/c637f188-78ea-487a-9c54-7d238b07a477 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=5 July 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea micrantha was first formally described in 1854 by Carl Meissner in Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde.{{cite web|title=Grevillea micrantha|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/519642|publisher=APNI|access-date=5 July 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Meissner |first1=Carl |title=Plantae Muellerianae: Proteaceae. |journal=Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde |date=1854 |volume=26 |page=358 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109557#page/366/mode/1up |access-date=5 July 2022}} The specific epithet (micrantha) means "small-flowered".{{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=251 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Small-flower grevillea grows in poor, stony soils in woodland in south-western Victoria in scattered populations in the area between the Brisbane Ranges, Wedderburn and Portland.
Conservation status
This grevillea is listed as "critically endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988{{cite web |title=Grevillea micrantha|url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/c637f188-78ea-487a-9c54-7d238b07a477|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.
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Proteales of Australia