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Persoonia pinifolia R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to spreading shrubs 2-4 m tall. Bark smooth. Hairs greyish, appressed to antrorsely spreading. Young branchlets moderately hairy. Leaves linear, 3-7 cm long, 0.5 mm wide, terete, often recurved, spreading, straight, innocuous, concolorous, not glaucous, sparsely to moderately hairy when immature, glabrescent. Inflorescence anauxotelic, 30-200-flowered; rachis 3.5-26 cm long. Flowers subtended by reduced leaves and scale leaves; pedicels 1-4 mm long, spreading, moderately hairy; tepals 8-9 mm long, obtuse to apiculate, moderately hairy on outside. Ovary glabrous; ovule 1.
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A medium to large shrub. It grows 2.5-5 m high. It spreads 2-4 m wide. Young growth is bright green. The leaves are fine and soft. They are 3-7 cm long by 0.05 cm wide. They are narrow and needle like. The branches hang down. The flowers are 0.8 cm across. The flowers occur in long racemes and stalks 30 cm long. They are golden and have a perfume. The fruit are round. They are 1.5 cm long. They are green but become reddish-purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 3.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in temperate regions but can grow in the tropics and subtropics. It needs well drained soil. It can grow in full sun or light shade. It can stand light frosts. It suits hardiness zones 9-11.
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Grows in heath to dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone, from sea level to 600 m alt.
Grows in heath to dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone, from sea level to 600 m.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings of very young growth. The tips should not be removed from the cuttings.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment scarification
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Distribution

Persoonia pinifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia pinifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705463-1
WFO ID wfo-0000477999
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Synonyms

Persoonia pinifolia
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