Family: Proteaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 2m high with smooth bark.
Flowers: Yellow and hairy, tubular in bud with 4 petals curling backwards when open. The flowers, which are crowded towards the ends of the branches, are 8-9mm long and subtended by reduced leaves.
Flowering: March-May.
Fruit: Yellow-green, ovoid drupe 10mm long turning purple when ripe.
Leaves: Soft, crowded, terete, 3-7cm long and 0.5mm diameter.
Habitat: In sheltered locations in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Soft, crowded, terete leaves. Yellow flowers with backward-curling petals. Flowers and fruit borne at the tips of the branches.
Name:
Persoonia After the Dutch botanist Christiaan Henrick Persoon.
pinifolia From Latin = pine-leaved.
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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 |
3, 4, 5 |
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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 |
Alternate, Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Needle-like |
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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 |
Soft |
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Bark |
Smooth |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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