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Persoonia rudis Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14.333 (1856)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, often spreading shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan. White, grey or yellow sand, often over laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 20-35 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous, the margins revolute; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 2-5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 12-13 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 1.1-1.5 mm long; ovary hairy; pistil 10-12 mm long. Flowers in January, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Plains.