Persoonia mollis subsp. mollis R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub 1.5–5 m tall. Hairs c. 1 mm long, whitish-silky to copper-coloured, antrorsely spreading on leaves, patent on stems and tepals. Young branchlets moderately hairy.
Leaves lanceolate, 4–10 cm long, 6–15 mm wide, flat, with recurved margins, not glaucous, sparsely to moderately hairy on undersurface when immature, glabrescent.
Tepals moderately to densely hairy on outside.
Flowering: Flowers chiefly December – April.
Distribution and occurrence: In dry to wet sclerophyll forest on Hawkesbury and Narrabeen sandstones. Occurs in the Blue Mountains.
NSW subdivisions: CC, CT
Persoonia mollis subsp. mollis 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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