Persoonia mollis subsp. ledifolia (A.Cunn. ex Meisn.) S.L.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson
| Family Proteaceae |
Persoonia mollis subsp. ledifolia (A.Cunn. ex Meisn.) S.L.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson APNI* Synonyms: Persoonia ledifolia A.Cunn. ex Meisn. APNI*
Description: Erect shrub 1–2.5 m tall. Hairs c. 0.7 mm long on leaves, 0.4–1 mm long on tepals, whitish, antrorsely spreading on leaves, patent on stems and tepals. Young branchlets moderately hairy.
Leaves linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 2–4 cm long, 3–6 mm wide, convex, with recurved to revolute margins, not glaucous, sparsely hairy on undersurface when immature, glabrescent.
Tepals 9–11.5 mm long, moderately hairy on outside.
Flowering: Flowers chiefly December – April.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath to dry sclerophyll forest on Hawkesbury Sandstone, from 450 to 700 m alt. Occurs from the Shoalhaven River north to Kangaloon, east to Jamberoo and West to Wingello.
NSW subdivisions: CC, CT
Persoonia mollis subsp. ledifolia hybridises sporadically with P. levis and 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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