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Persoonia filiformis P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:141-142 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.07-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, Nov to Dec. Yellow or white sand over laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 8-10 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, smooth, the margins revolute; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 1.5-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 14-17 mm long, radially symmetrical, glabrous; anther appendage present, 2-3 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 13-14 mm long. Flowers in November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Irwin, Three Springs.