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Persoonia brevirhachis P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:92-93 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, often spreading shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. White or yellow sand, gravelly sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-2 m high; branchlets glabrous, ribbed. Leaves alternate, 15-55 mm long, 3-6 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire, scabrous, the margins recurved or revolute; apex obtuse. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 2-4 mm long, hairy. Perianth 8-9.5 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 0.3-0.4 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 7-8 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Recherche, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Gnowangerup, Kent, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.