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Persoonia kararae P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:148-149 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 1-5 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. Sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-5 m high; branchlets glabrous, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 90-120 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous, the margins flat; apex obtuse. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 4-8 mm long, hairy. Perianth 12-13 mm long, irregular, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 0.6-0.8 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 4.5-5 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Perenjori, Shark Bay.