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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. sessilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea sessilis C.T.White & W.D.Francis | |
Grevillea sessilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with divided leaves and cylindrical clusters of white flowers with a creamy-white or greenish yellow style.
Description
Grevillea sessilis is shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 2–6 m (6 ft 7 in – 19 ft 8 in). Its leaves are 50–160 mm (2.0–6.3 in) long and pinnatipartite with 5 to 18 narrowly egg-shaped or oblong lobes 25–80 mm (0.98–3.15 in) long and 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in cylindrical clusters along a rachis 50–180 mm (2.0–7.1 in) long, the pistil 17.5–31 mm (0.69–1.22 in) long. The flowers are white with a creamy-white or yellowish green style with a green tip. Flowering occurs from April to December and the fruit is a hairy follicle 12.5–15 mm (0.49–0.59 in) long.
Taxonomy
Grevillea sessilis was first formally described in 1926 by Cyril Tenison White and William Douglas Francis from specimens collected by Jess Young near Torrens Creek.
Distribution and habitat
This grevillea grows in open woodland or shrubland in shallow soil over sandstone on low mountain ranges between Cairns, Springsure and Theodore in eastern Queensland.
Conservation status
Grevillea sessilis is listed as "not threatened" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.
References
- "Grevillea sessilis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Grevillea sessilis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- "Grevillea sessilis". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- White, Cyril T.; Francis, William D. (1926). "Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 37: 165–166.
- "Species profile—Grevillea sessilis". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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| Grevillea sessilis | |