Persoonia striata

Persoonia striata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, often spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear to spatula-shaped leaves, and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to five on a rachis up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.

Persoonia striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. striata
Binomial name
Persoonia striata
Synonyms[1]

Linkia striata (R.Br.) Kuntze

Description

Persoonia striata is an erect, often spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–70 cm (5.9–27.6 in) and has branches covered with whitish or greyish hairs when young. The leaves are linear to spatula-shaped, 10–45 mm (0.39–1.77 in) long and 0.7–2.7 mm (0.028–0.106 in) wide with three parallel ridges on both sides. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to five on a rachis up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long that usually continues to grow after flowering, each flower on a pedicel 2.5–9 mm (0.098–0.354 in) long with a scale leaf at its base. The tepals are bright yellow, 8.5–12.5 mm (0.33–0.49 in) long and glabrous. Flowering occurs from November to December.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

Persoonia striata was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in the Supplementum to his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen from specimens collected in 1829 near "King George's Sound" by William Baxter.[6][7]

Distribution and habitat

This geebung grows in heath in the area between Lake Hope, Dumbleyung and Albany in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia.

References
  1. "Persoonia striata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. "Persoonia striata R.Br". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  3. Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia striata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. Weston, Peter H. (1994). "The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae)". Telopea. 6 (1): 135–136. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. "Persoonia striata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  6. "Persoonia striata". APNI. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 13. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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