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Persoonia hakeiformis Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:330 (1856)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading to decumbent shrub, 0.3-1.8 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec or Jan. Gravelly clay loam or sand over laterite. Lateritic ridges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.3-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 25-40 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, smooth or scabrous, the margins revolute; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 6-8 mm long, hairy. Perianth 9-10 mm long, irregular, glabrous; anther appendage present, 1-2.3 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-7 mm long. Flowers in January, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Pingelly.