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Persoonia spathulata R.Br.

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:162 (1810)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.2-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow, Dec or Jan. Sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.2-0.6 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 20-30 mm long, 6-9 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, scabrous, the margins flat; apex obtuse. Inflorescences white or yellow; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 9-10 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 2.8-3 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 8 mm long. Flowers in January or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Recherche.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance.