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Persoonia acuminata

Persoonia acuminata
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Persoonia acuminata is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is a spreading or prostrate shrub with relatively small leaves and cylindrical yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to sixteen in leaf axils or on the ends of the branches. It grows in moist forest on the higher parts of the tablelands.

Where it grows

This persoonia grows in heath to wet forests in soil derived from granite, basalt or metasediments but not sandstone. There are disjunct populations in the Ebor and Barrington Tops areas of the New England Tableland and the Hampton district on the Central Tablelands. It is found at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,000–5,000 ft).

Other Persoonia plants

Needle Geebung · Persoonia acicularis · Persoonia adenantha · Persoonia amaliae · Persoonia angustiflora · The Tree Geebung · Geebung · Persoonia baeckeoides · Bargo Geebung · Persoonia biglandulosa · Persoonia bowgada · Persoonia brachystylis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persoonia acuminata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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