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Persoonia pertinax P.H.Weston

Reference
Telopea 6:103-104 (1994)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 1-2.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan to Mar. Red sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2.5 m high; branchlets glabrous, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 20-50 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, scabrous, the margins flat; apex obtuse. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 4-7 mm long, hairy. Perianth 10-11 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage absent; ovary glabrous; pistil 4-6 mm long. Flowers in January, February or March. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Great Victoria Desert (GVD) or Coolgardie (COO) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Shield.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Menzies.