Persoonia mollis subsp. maxima S.L.Krauss & L.A.S.Johnson APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub 2–5 m tall. Hairs c. 2–3 mm long, copper-coloured, antrorsely spreading on leaves, patent on stems and tepals. Young branchlets moderately hairy.
Leaves lanceolate, 6–12 cm long, 10–17 mm wide, flat, with recurved margins, not glaucous, sparsely to moderately 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 sea level to 120 m alt. Restricted to the Cowan–Hornsby area.
NSW subdivisions: CC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by P.H. Weston; (edited: A.Orme, July 2025, Fl.Aust.)
Taxon concept: P.H. Weston (1995)
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