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Persoonia chapmaniana P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:117-119 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 1-2 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. White sandy clay, yellow sand. Vicinity of salt lakes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous, ribbed. Leaves alternate, (20-)50 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; lamina subterete, more or less the same width throughout, entire, smooth; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 0.5-2 mm long, hairy. Perianth 8-10 mm long, radially symmetrical, glabrous; anther appendage present, 0.4-0.5 mm long; ovary hairy; pistil 8-10 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Goomalling, Irwin, Koorda, Mingenew, Moora, Perenjori, Perth.