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Persoonia dillwynioides Meisn.
Fitzgerald Persoonia

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:333 (1856)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.6-2.2 m high. Fl. yellow, Nov to Dec or Jan. Gravelly sand, clay, stony loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 8-12 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, smooth, the margins revolute; apex acute. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 1-1.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 11-12 mm long, radially symmetrical, glabrous; anther appendage present, 0.4-0.6 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 9-10 mm long. Flowers in January, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Recherche.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.