Persoonia brevifolia
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| Persoonia brevifolia | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. brevifolia |
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| Persoonia brevifolia | |
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| Occurrence data downloaded from AVH | |
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Persoonia brevifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near the border between south-eastern New South Wales and Victoria. It is an erect shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and cylindrical yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.
Persoonia brevifolia is an erect shrub growing to a height of 0.8–1.5 m (2 ft 7 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has smooth bark and moderately hairy young branches. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long, 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) wide and sparsely hairy when young but become glabrous as they age. The upper surface is distinctly darker than the lower surface. The flowers are yellow and arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower on a pedicel 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. The four tepals are 5–12 mm (0.2–0.5 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to March the fruit is an oval drupe.[2][3][4][5][6]