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Persoonia scabra R.Br.

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:162 (1810)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-0.9 m high. Fl. yellow, Nov to Dec or Jan. White sand or sandy loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.3-0.9 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 20-35 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle or clearly widest above the middle, entire, scabrous, the margins flat; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 2-4 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 10-11 mm long, radially symmetrical, glabrous; anther appendage absent; ovary glabrous; pistil 9-10 mm long. Flowers in January, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Recherche, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.