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Persoonia
Also called Snottygobble, Snottygobbles
Persoonia, the geebungs, is a genus of about one hundred mostly Australian shrubs and small trees with smooth bark and yellow flowers. They grow best in well-drained, acidic, low-nutrient sandy or sandstone-based soils.
Persoonia, commonly known as geebungs or snottygobbles, is a genus of about one hundred species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. Plants in the genus Persoonia are shrubs or small trees usually with smooth bark, simple leaves and usually yellow flowers arranged along a raceme, each flower with a leaf or scale leaf at the base. The fruit is a drupe.
Most species of Persoonia are endemic to Australia, with one species, Persoonia toru found in New Zealand, and Persoonia spathulifolia endemic to New Caledonia. In Australia, they are widespread in non-arid regions. One species, P. pertinax, is found only in the Great Victoria Desert, while a few other species venture into the arid zone, but most are concentrated in the subtropical to temperate parts of south eastern and south western Australia, including Tasmania.
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