| Grevillea alpivaga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. alpivaga |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea alpivaga Gand.[1] |
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| Synonyms | |
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Grevillea linearifolia 'form h (Mt Buffalo form)' D.J.McGillivray & R.O.Makinson |
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Grevillea alpivaga, also known as Buffalo Grevillea, is a species of the plant genus Grevillea.[2] It is endemic to Victoria in Australia.[3] The species grows as an erect to prostrate shrub, between 0.3 and 1 metre in height. [3] Flowers usually appear between October and February (mid spring to late summer) in its native range.[3] These have pale green, white or cream perianths and styles which are white to pale pink, becoming red.[3]
It is very similar in appearance to both Grevillea gariwerdensis and Grevillea neurophylla subsp. neurophylla.[3]
The species was first formally described by French botanist Michel Gandoger in the Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France in 1919, from plant material collected from the Victorian Alps.[1]
The species occurs in Eucalyptus piperata woodland on Mount Buffalo and towards Porepunkah.[3] It is listed as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria. [4]