Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: Yellow and densely hairy, tubular in bud with 4 petals curling backwards when open. The flowers are up to 1.5cm long, subtended by scale-like leaves and borne in short clusters in the leaf axils.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: Green, ovoid drupe turning purple when ripe.
Leaves: Thick, leathery, opposite, green to yellowish, ovate to narrow oblong 3-10cm long and 1-6cm wide with a hard tip, recurved margins and a smooth or scabrous surface.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland
Features: Yellow flowers with backward-curling petals and white anthers. Opposite leaves. Rusty hairy buds.
Name:
Persoonia After the Dutch botanist Christiaan Henrick Persoon
leanceolata From Latin = lance-shaped (referring to its leaves)
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 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 |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, 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 |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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