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| + | '''''Grevillea johnsonii''''' ('''Johnson's Grevillea''') is a [[shrub]] species which is endemic to [[New South Wales]] in [[Australia]].<ref name=FOA>{{Flora of Australia Online|name=''Grevillea johnsonii'' |id=2965 }}</ref> |
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| + | It grows to between 2 and 4.5 metres high. <ref name=FOA/> The leaves are 10 to 25 cm long and have narrow lobes that are 0.7 to 1.5 mm wide.<ref name=NSW/> Flowers appear between August and November (late winter to late spring) in the species native range.<ref name=FOA/> These have red to orange perianths and styles.<ref name=NSW/> |
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| + | ''Grevillea johnsonii'' mainly occurs in the [[Goulburn River (New South Wales)|Goulburn]] and [[Capertee River|Capertee]] River catchments.<ref name=NSW>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~johnsonii |title=''Grevillea johnsonii'' |accessdate=2010-05-17 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}</ref> |
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| + | The species was first formally described in 1975 by [[Donald McGillivray]].<ref name=APNI/> It is closely related to ''[[Grevillea longistyla]]''.<ref name=FOA/> |
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