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Persoonia rigida R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Persoonia

Characteristics

Erect to decumbent shrubs 0.15-2 m tall. Bark smooth. Hairs greyish to tawny, appressed to patent. Young branchlets moderately to densely hairy. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly spathulate to spathulate, 1.5-5 cm long, 4-19 mm wide, flat or convex, with recurved margins, usually incurved, spreading to erect, straight, innocuous, concolorous to slightly discolorous, not glaucous, moderately to densely hairy when immature, glabrescent or sparsely hairy when mature, strongly scabrous. Inflorescence usually auxotelic, 1-20-flowered; rachis 0-9 cm long. Flowers subtended by scale leaves and leaves; pedicels 1-3 mm long, erect, moderately to densely hairy; tepals 10-12 mm long, apiculate to caudate, moderately hairy on outside. Ovary glabrous; ovule(s) 1 or 2.
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A medium sized shrub. It grows 1-2.5 m high and spreads 0.7-2.5 m wide. Young growth is hairy and often reddish. There are many spreading branches. The leaves are 1.5-5 cm long by 0.4-2 cm wide. They are broadly sword shaped or spoon shaped. They are deep green and alternate. They curve inwards. The flowers are 1 cm across. They are yellow. They occur on short leafy stalks at the ends of branches. The fruit is fleshy with a hard stone inside. They are 1.2 cm long by 1 cm wide. They are green or purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.7 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 0.58 - 2.25
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Environment

Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland to forest, in well-drained soils derived from a variety of substrata including sandstone, granite and metasediments, at elevations of 300-1300 metres.
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Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland to forest, in well-drained soils derived from a variety of substrata including sandstone, granite and metasediments, from 300 to 1300 m alt.
It grows in temperate places. It grows in dry forest and often on rocky soils. It needs well drained acid soils. It can grow in light shade.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

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Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings of very young growth.
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Images

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Distribution

Persoonia rigida world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Persoonia rigida threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705474-1
WFO ID wfo-0000477938
COL ID 7774R
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Synonyms

Persoonia rigida Linkia rigida
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