Grevillea imberbis Makinson APNI* Synonyms: Grevillea linearifolia 'Kanangra/Braidwood form' of Makinson (1991) APNI*
Grevillea linearifolia form 'n' (Kanangra/Braidwood form) of McGillivray & Makinson (1993) APNI*
Grevillea sp. aff. patulifolia 'Kanangra' of Olde & Marriott (1995) APNI*
Description: Prostrate to low shrub 0.2–0.4 m high, rhizomatous.
Leaves obovate to oblanceolate or elliptic or occasionally ± linear, 1–4 cm long, mostly 2–6.5 mm wide, margins shortly refracted about the intramarginal vein, lower surface mostly exposed, subsericeous except for the midvein, upper surface dotted, midvein and the intramarginal veins scabrid to faintly granular.
Conflorescences erect, sessile, ± regular-umbelloid. Perianth white to pale pink, subsericeous outside, glabrous or with a sparsely hairy pulvinus near the base inside. Gynoecium 6.5–8.5 mm long; ovary glabrous; style strongly curved; pollen presenter oblique.
Flowering: Flowers August–February
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in moist low heath or on heathy woodland margins, in skeletal soils over sandstone, from 600-1000 m alt.; known from two disjunct areas, from Kanangra Walls (Boyd Plateau) SE of Oberon and the Braidwood–Mongarlowe–Currockbilly area.
NSW subdivisions: CT, ST
Text by R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: R.O. Makinson (2000)
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