Persoonia mollis subsp. nectens S.L.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub 1.2–3 m tall. Hairs c. 0.5 mm long on leaves, 0.5–1 mm long on tepals, whitish, antrorsely spreading on leaves, patent on stems and tepals. Young branchlets moderately hairy.
Leaves lanceolate, 4–10 cm long, 8–15 mm wide, flat, with recurved margins, not glaucous, sparsely hairy on undersurface when immature, glabrescent.
Tepals moderately hairy on outside.
Flowering: Flowers chiefly December – April.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry to wet sclerophyll forest on Hawkesbury Sandstone, from 400 to 600 m alt. Occurs from Oakdale south to Hill Top and east to the Illawarra escarpment.
NSW subdivisions: CC, CT
Text by P.H. Weston; (edited: A.Orme, July 2025, Fl.Aust.)
Taxon concept: P.H. Weston (1995)
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