Persoonia graminea R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to decumbent, weak shrubs 20-60 cm tall. Hairs greyish, appressed to antrorsely spreading. Young branchlets sparsely to moderately hairy. Leaves linear, 10-35 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, flat, sometimes with incurved margins, with 3 prominent, parallel veins on lower surface and with thickened margins, often slightly incurved, suberect to erect, straight to slightly falcate, sometimes slightly twisted, innocuous, not glaucous, sparsely to moderately hairy when immature, glabrescent, smooth. Inflorescence anauxotelic, 10-25-flowered; rachis 2.5-22 cm long. Pedicels 2-6 mm long, recurved, glabrous to moderately hairy on outside. Tepals 4.2-4.5 mm long, acute, sparsely to moderately hairy. Anther appendage acute, 1.4-1.7 mm long, recurved through 45°.
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Grows in heath to dry sclerophyll forest, in poorly drained peaty to sandy or loamy soils.
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Images

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Distribution

Persoonia graminea world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia graminea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705414-1
WFO ID wfo-0000483333
COL ID 6V74B
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Synonyms

Linkia graminea Persoonia graminea