Family: Proteaceae
Plant: An erect open shrub or small tree up to 3m high black flaky bark.
Flowers: Yellow and hairy, tubular in bud with 4 petals curling backwards when open. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils, 1-1.5cm long, subtended by leaves or scale-like leaves and are held erect on stalks 3-8mm long.
Flowering: December-June.
Fruit: Green, ovoid drupe about 1.5cm diameter turning purple when ripe.
Leaves: Dark green, flat, linear, 2-8cm long and 1-6mm wide, with a softly pointed tip and crowded along the stem.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest
Features: Black flaky bark. Narrow dark green leaves. Yellow flowers with backward-curling petals.
Name:
Persoonia After the Dutch botanist Christiaan Henrick Persoon.
linearis From Latin = linear (referring to its leaves).
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
Green, Purple |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
Papery/Flaky |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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