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Persoonia saundersiana Meisn.

Reference
Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:72 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.5-5 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Yellow or grey sand, sometimes with gravel, laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-5 m high; branchlets hairy, ribbed. Leaves alternate, 50-180 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, entire, scabrous, the margins revolute; apex obtuse or pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 8-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 9-10 mm long, irregular, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 1-1.4 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-6.5 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Shark Bay, Tammin, Trayning, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.