Grevillea calliantha, commonly known as Foote's grevillea, Cataby grevillea or black magic grevillea,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading, compact shrub with pinnatipartite leaves with linear lobes, and pale yellow to apricot-coloured flowers with a maroon-black to reddish style.
Description
Grevillea calliantha is a spreading, compact, often flat-topped shrub that typically grows to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high and 2 to 3 metres (7 to 10 ft) wide. Its leaves are pinnatipartite, almost pinnatisect, 40–75 mm (1.6–3.0 in) long with mostly three to seven linear lobes 10–45 mm (0.39–1.77 in) and 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged in groups on a rachis 50–70 mm (2.0–2.8 in) long, and are pale yellow to apricot-coloured and woolly-hairy on the outside, the pistil 28.5–40 mm (1.12–1.57 in) long, the style maroon-black to reddish. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a woolly-hairy follicle 13–18 mm (0.51–0.71 in) long.[3][4][5][6]
This grevillea grows in heathland in sandy soil and is restricted an area north of Cataby in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[3][4][5][6]
^ abc"Grevillea calliantha". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 155. ISBN9780958034180.
