Native Holly,
Holly-leaf Grevillea
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.


Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Near Threatened [T Horn has more records, needs more records] |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range, in Desert Camp] |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Least Concern |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern [For KI, dilatata & ssp ilicifolia are rated as one] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii); D) (Probable Decline) [lots of genetically different & disjunct pops of this species; likes loamy soils; no well-conserved area] |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU C2a(i)) (Probable Decline) |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR D) [totally grazed] |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [good quality blocks, grazed by sheep] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU C2a(i)) (Probable Decline) [small populations. High rainfall mallee, dry woodland species ] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
Talia (EYB04) | | Near Threatened |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B1ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [no survey records] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Near Threatened [undercollected] |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [could be more records; could be another species] |
3 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Least Concern , Rare |
4 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare , Vulnerable , Endangered , Critically Endangered |
5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare , Vulnerable |
3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Near Threatened , Rare , Vulnerable |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 5
Prior names
Grevillea behrii
Anadenia ilicifolia
Common names
Native Holly
Holly-leaf Grevillea
Etymology
'Grevillea' after Charles F. Greville (1749-1809) a the co-founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and 'ilicifolia', holly-like leaves.
Distribution and status
Grows in deep sand, sand overlying limestone, clay flats and swampy depressions in sclerophyllous heath or woodland. Native.
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Spreading to prostrate shrub, 0.3–2 m high. Leaves 3–9 cm long, 2.5–6 cm wide, divided or rarely some entire, usually with 3–7 triangular to ovate teeth or lobes 0.5–5 cm long, 4–8 mm wide. Inflorescences secund, 2–5 cm long. Perianth green-cream to grey or mauve, Gynoecium usually 20–25 mm long; ovary densely hairy; style pink to red, glabrous; pollen presenter erect to oblique. Flowering August - November. Fruits are follicle obliquely ovoid compressed, 10-14 mm long, hairy with reddish brown stripes or blotches.