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Persoonia papillosa P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:124-125 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, ca 0.3 m high. Fl. Sep or Jan. Sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 15-30 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous, the margins revolute; apex obtuse. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 7-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 8-11 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 0.8-1 mm long; ovary hairy; pistil 6-8 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley.