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Persoonia bowgada P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:125-127 (1994)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 1-3.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Nov. Red sand, sandy loam, ironstone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy, ribbed. Leaves alternate, 40-95 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete, more or less the same width throughout, entire, smooth; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 2-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 14-15 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 1-1.5 mm long; ovary hairy; pistil 12-15 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Carnarvon (CAR), Yalgoo (YAL) or Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Tallering, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Murchison, Northampton, Shark Bay.