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Persoonia acerosa Sieber ex Schult.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to spreading shrubs 0.5-2 m tall. Bark smooth. Hairs greyish, appressed to antrorsely spreading. Young branchlets glabrous to sparsely hairy. Leaves linear, 10-23 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, subterete and grooved on upper surface, strongly incurved, suberect to erect, straight, innocuous, concolorous, not glaucous, sparsely hairy when immature, glabrescent, smooth. Inflorescence usually auxotelic, 1-80-flowered; rachis 0-11 cm long. Flowers mostly subtended by leaves; pedicels 1-2 mm long, erect to spreading, glabrous to sparsely hairy; tepals 8-10 mm long, prominently caudate with dorsal tails, glabrous on outside. Ovary glabrous; ovule 1.
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A small shrub. It grows 0.5-2 m high and spreads 0.5-1.5 m wide. Young growth can be slightly hairy. The branches are erect or spreading. The leaves are 1.2-2.3 cm long by 0.05 cm wide. They are needle like. They curve inwards and have a channel above. They are crowded, green and have a fine tip. The flowers are 0.8 cm wide. They are pale yellow and in the axils of leaves. They form leafy spikes near the ends of small branches. The fruit are fleshy and 1 cm long by 0.8 cm wide. They are green.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.8
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in heath and open forest. It grows on sandstone. It needs well drained acid soil. It can grow in a sunny or slightly shady position. It can tolerate heavy frosts and dry periods.
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Heaths and dry sclerophyll forests in sandy stony soils. Found at elevations of 550-1000 metres.
Grows in heath to dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone, from 550 m to 1000 m alt.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits seeds
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Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed, or from cuttings of very young growth.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Germination treatment scarification
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Images

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Distribution

Persoonia acerosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia acerosa threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705368-1
WFO ID wfo-0000483173
COL ID 6V7CJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Persoonia pallida Persoonia acerosa Linkia acerosa
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