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Persoonia amaliae

Persoonia amaliae
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Persoonia amaliae is a shrub or small tree from eastern Queensland, growing 2 to 8 m tall with yellow flowers in clusters. It is a forest understorey species of near-coastal ranges, so it suits a sunny to part-shaded spot in a free-draining soil.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, slightly acidic soil; sandy or gritty loam is ideal.
Temperature
Subtropical conditions; tolerates warm summers and mild winters, protect below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Queensland
Climate
subtropical

About

Persoonia amaliae is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with hairy young branches, spatula-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to eleven.

Where it grows

This persoonia grows in forest on near-coastal ranges at altitudes of 150 to 700 m (490 to 2,300 ft), mainly between Eungella and Biggenden.

Other Persoonia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persoonia amaliae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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