Persoonia mollis subsp. maxima S.L.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson APNI* 
Description: Leaves 4–12 cm long, 6–17 mm wide, with recurved margins, narrow- elliptic to lanceolate; plants erect. Flower buds, and to a lesser extent young branchlets and young leaves, moderately to densely villous, with spreading, silky-white to copper coloured hairs 1–3 mm long. Hairs on flower buds, young branchlets and young leaves 2–3 mm long, copper coloured when fresh or dried.
Distribution and occurrence: In dry to wet sclerophyll forest on Hawkesbury sandstone, Cowan–Hornsby area.
NSW subdivisions: CC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by P.H. Weston
Taxon concept: P.H. Weston (1995)
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