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Persoonia sulcata Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:333 (1856)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading to decumbent shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. Lateritic or granitic soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.2-1 m high; branchlets glabrous, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 10-35 mm long, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, entire, smooth, the margins revolute; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 5-13 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 9-10 mm long, radially symmetrical, glabrous; anther appendage absent; ovary glabrous; pistil 7-9 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chittering, Goomalling, Mundaring, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains.