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Persoonia cymbifolia

Persoonia cymbifolia
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Persoonia cymbifolia is a small erect, spreading shrub (a geebung) from the south of Western Australia, grown for its yellow flowers. It needs well-drained soil and full sun, and is tolerant of dry conditions once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; acidic to neutral; low in phosphorus.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Persoonia cymbifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with smooth bark, hairy young branchlets, linear to narrow oblong leaves and yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to three on a short rachis.

Where it grows

This geebung grows in heath from the Frank Hann National Park to the Cape Arid National Park in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions.

Other Persoonia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persoonia cymbifolia 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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