Persoonia laxa L.A.S.Johnson & P.H.Weston APNI* Synonyms: Persoonia nutans subsp. B sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*
Description: Decumbent or prostrate shrub, young branchlets sparsely hairy.
Leaves linear, 0.8–1.5 cm long, 1–1.8 mm wide, flat, with recurved margins, sparsely hairy when immature, glabrescent when mature, smooth.
Inflorescences usually growing on into a leafy shoot; flowers mostly subtended by leaves; pedicels 6–8 mm long, spreading to recurved, glabrous. Tepals 8–9 mm long, apiculate, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. Collected at Manly and Newport in 1907 and 1908; may be extinct.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: CC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Presumed Extinct; Commonwealth EPBC: Extinct
This species is considered data-deficient by Saving our Species (SoS, DPIE) which means a conservation project cannot be developed for it. Visit their website and contact SoS if you have additional information.
Text by P.H. Weston
Taxon concept: P.H. Weston (1995)
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