Persoonia pertinax P.H.Weston

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to spreading shrubs 1-2.5 m tall. Bark smooth. Hairs greyish, appressed. Young branchlets moderately to densely hairy. Leaves linear, 2-5.5 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, flat, slightly to strongly incurved, spreading to erect, falcate, twisted through 90°, innocuous, concolorous, not glaucous, moderately hairy when immature, glabrescent, scaberulous. Inflorescence usually auxotelic, 1-10-flowered; rachis 0-6 cm long. Flowers subtended by scale leaves and leaves; pedicels 3.5-7 mm long, erect, moderately to densely hairy; tepals 8-11 mm long, acute to acuminate, moderately to densely hairy on outside. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2.
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Grows in open woodland, in red sand.
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Distribution

Persoonia pertinax world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia pertinax threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:979908-1
WFO ID wfo-0000477996
COL ID 6V752
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Synonyms

Persoonia pertinax