Grevillea endlicheriana

Location & distribution maps

Common name:         Spindly Grevillea

Conservation status: Least Concern

• This grevillea is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

• Despite its relatively limited distribution, it is locally common and its population appears largely stable

• There are no major threats affecting this species, either currently or in the near future

Etymology:   

• The genus was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville, an 18th-century patron of botany and co-founder of the Royal Horticultural Society

• The specific epithet (endlicheriana) honours Stephan Endlicher

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are arranged on flowering branches on a rachis 5–20 mm long and are white with a pink tinge to pale pink, the pistil 7.5–12 mm long 

• Flowering occurs from July to November and the fruit is an elliptic to more or less spherical follicle 8.0–8.5 mm long

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• Usually linear, 30–130 mm (1.2–5.1 in) long and 0.5–3 mm wide

• Both surfaces of the leaves are covered with silky hairs

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• An erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2.5 m 

Habitat:   

• Woodland or shrubland

Distribution:                  

• Between Mogumber and Kelmscott with a disjunct population near Wongan Hills, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia

Additional notes:  

• Taxonomy

  • Grevillea endlicheriana was first formally described in 1845 by Carl Meissner in Plantae Preissianae

  • The plant material was collected from the Darling Scarp in 1839

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevillea_endlicheriana (2024)