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Persoonia leucopogon S.Moore

Reference
J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 34:220 (1898)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or decumbent shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow/green-yellow, Oct to Dec. Yellow sand or sandy clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.3-1 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 7-13 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, smooth, the margins flat; apex obtuse. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 2-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 10-11 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 0.2-0.3 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 9-9.5 mm long. Flowers in October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority One (P1).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Merredin, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Menzies, Mukinbudin, Yilgarn.