Persoonia cornifolia
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| Persoonia cornifolia | |
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| Persoonia cornifolia flower | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. cornifolia |
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| Persoonia cornifolia | |
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| Occurrence data downloaded from AVH | |
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Persoonia cornifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and hairy yellow flowers, and grows in northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.
Persoonia cornifolia is an erect or spreading shrub with hairy young growth. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long, 10–45 mm (0.39–1.77 in) wide and flat with the edges more or less turned downwards. The leaves are hairy when young but become glabrous with age. The flowers are arranged in small groups in leaf axils with a scale leaf at the base of each flower. Each flower is on the end of a densely hairy pedicel 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The flower is composed of four hairy tepals 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long, which are fused at the base but with the tips rolled back. The central style is surrounded by four yellow anthers that are also joined at the base with the tips rolled back, so that it resembles a cross when viewed end-on. The ovary is usually hairy. Flowering occurs from December to February and is followed by fruit which are green drupes.[2][3]
