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Persoonia levis (Cav.) Domin
Family Proteaceae
Common name: Broad-leaved Geebung

Persoonia levis (Cav.) Domin APNI*

Synonyms: Persoonia salicina Pers. APNI*

Description: Erect to spreading shrub or small tree, young branchlets glabrous to moderately hairy.

Leaves oblanceolate to obovate or narrow-oblong or narrow-elliptic or spathulate, 6–14 cm long, 13–80 mm wide, flat, glabrous to sparsely hairy when young, glabrescent when mature, smooth.

Inflorescences growing on into a leafy shoot; flowers mostly subtended by scale leaves; pedicels 3–8 mm long, erect to spreading, sparsely to moderately hairy. Tepals 10–14 mm long, apiculate, glabrous to sparsely hairy. Ovary glabrous.


Habitat
Photo T.M. Tame

Distribution and occurrence: in heath to dry sclerophyll forest, south from the Nambucca district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
AVH map***

This species occasionally hybridizes with P. acerosa, P. linearis, P. mollis subsp. ledifolia, P. myrtilloides and P. oxycoccoides.

Text by P.H. Weston
Taxon concept: P.H. Weston (1995)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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