Persoonia fastigiata R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to spreading shrubs 0.5-1.5 m tall. Bark smooth. Hairs greyish to tawny, mostly patent. Young branchlets moderately hairy. Leaves linear or rarely linear-spathulate, 1.5-4 cm long, mostly 0.7-1 mm wide, subterete or convex, with revolute margins or grooved underneath, slightly to strongly incurved, spreading to erect, straight, innocuous, concolorous, not glaucous, moderately to densely hairy when immature, sparsely to moderately hairy when mature, moderately to strongly scabrous. Inflorescence anauxotelic or auxotelic, 1-5-flowered; rachis 1-10 mm long. Flowers subtended by scale leaves and leaves; pedicels 5-8 mm long, suberect to recurved, moderately hairy; tepals 9-10 mm long, acute to apiculate to caudate, moderately hairy on outside. Ovary densely hairy; hairs greyish to tawny; ovules 2.
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A small shrub. It grows 0.2-1 m high and spreads 0.6-1 m wide. Young growth is hairy. The leaves are 1.5-4 cm long by 0.2 cm wide. They are narrow and spoon shaped. The edges curve inwards. They are yellowish-green. The flowers are about 0.7 cm across and yellow. The fruit is 0.9 cm long by 0.7 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.6 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
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Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Heaths and woodlands in sandy and stony soils. Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland and forest on granite at elevations of 800-1200 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant. They grow on granite soils. They need well drained acid soils. They can tolerate frost and dry periods.
Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland and forest on granite, from 800 to 1200 m alt.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Persoonia fastigiata world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia fastigiata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705403-1
WFO ID wfo-0000483293
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Persoonia fastigiata