Grevillea micrantha

Grevillea micrantha, also known as small-flower grevillea, 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 and often forms root suckers. The leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, long and 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 long. The flowers are white to pale pink, the pistil long. Flowering occurs from August to January and the fruit is an oval follicle long.

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. The specific epithet means "small-flowered".

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 and as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.