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Persoonia curvifolia R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to spreading shrubs 0.3-1.5 m tall. Bark smooth. Hairs greyish to tawny, appressed to antrorsely spreading. Young branchlets moderately to densely hairy. Leaves linear, 1-5 cm long, 0.5-1.3 mm wide, terete or subterete and grooved underneath, usually strongly incurved, spreading to erect, straight, innocuous, concolorous, not glaucous, sparsely hairy when immature, glabrescent or sparsely hairy when mature, strongly scabrous. Inflorescence anauxotelic, 1-18-flowered; rachis 0-5.5 cm long. Flowers mostly subtended by leaves; pedicels 2-3 mm long, erect, moderately to densely hairy; tepals 10-12 mm long, caudate, sparsely hairy on outside. Ovary glabrous; ovule(s) 1 or 2.
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A small shrub. It grows 0.3-2 m high and spreads 1-3 m wide. Young growth is hairy. The leaves are 1.5-4.5 cm long by 0.1 cm wide. They are narrow and spoon shaped. The edges curve inwards. The flowers are 0.8 cm across and yellow. The stalks are hairy. The fruit is 1.3 cm long by 0.9 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

It is a warm temperate plant. It grows on sandy and gravelly soil. It is often in woodland. It grows in temperate locations. It needs well drained soil. It can tolerate frost and some drought.
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Grows in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland on sandstone, from 180 to 500 metres.
Grows in dry sclerophyll forest and woodland on sandstone, from 180 to 500 m alt.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

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Edible fruits nuts seeds
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Persoonia curvifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia curvifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705394-1
WFO ID wfo-0000477651
COL ID 76VBC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Persoonia curvifolia Persoonia abietina Linkia curvifolia
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