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Persoonia pentasticha P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:119-120 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.4-1.8 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Sand, loam. Base of granite outcrops.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.4-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 40-110 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete or subterete, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous; apex pungent. Inflorescences white or yellow; pedicels 3-4 mm long, hairy. Perianth 6-9.5 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 0.2-0.5 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-8 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) 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, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Merredin, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Greater Geraldton, Morawa, Perenjori, Yalgoo.