Persoonia mollis subsp. caleyi (R.Br.) S.L.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson APNI* Synonyms: Persoonia caleyi R.Br. APNI*
Description: Erect shrub 1.5–4 m tall. Hairs c. 0.7 mm long on leaves, 0.1–1 mm long on tepals, whitish, antrorsely spreading. Young branchlets moderately hairy.
Leaves linear-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 3–6 cm long, 2–6 mm wide, convex, with recurved to revolute margins, not glaucous, sparsely hairy on undersurface when immature, glabrescent.
Tepals sparsely hairy on outside.
Flowering: Flowers chiefly December – July.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry to wet sclerophyll forest in sandy soil derived from Conjola Formation sediments and Wandrawandian siltstone, from sea level to 500 m alt. Occurs from Jervis Bay south to Durras Lake.
NSW subdivisions: SC
Persoonia mollis subsp. caleyi hybridises sporadically with P. linearis where they grow together.
Text by P.H. Weston; (edited: A.Orme, July 2025, Fl.Aust.)
Taxon concept: P.H. Weston (1995)
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