Persoonia leucopogon S.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to decumbent shrubs 30-60 cm tall. Bark not known. Hairs grey to ferruginous, appressed to antrorsely spreading. Young branchlets densely hairy. Leaves narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, 7-15 mm long, 1.3-2.2 mm wide, flat, spreading to erect, straight to slightly falcate, twisted through 0-360°, sharp but not pungent, concolorous, glaucous, glabrescent. Inflorescence auxotelic, 1-4-flowered; rachis 0-2 mm long. Flowers subtended by scale leaves and leaves; pedicels 2.5-4 mm long, moderately to densely hairy; tepals 8.5-10.5 mm long, densely hairy on outside. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2.
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Grows in heath, in yellow sand or loam.
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Distribution

Persoonia leucopogon world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705432-1
WFO ID wfo-0000483314
COL ID 6V74H
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Synonyms

Persoonia leucopogon