Persoonia pentasticha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Persoonia |
Species: | P. pentasticha |
Binomial name | |
Persoonia pentasticha | |
Persoonia pentasticha is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear leaves with five narrow, longitudinal grooves, and hairy yellow flowers borne in groups of up to fifteen on a rachis up to 45 mm (1.8 in) long.
Persoonia pentasticha is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1.8 m (1 ft 4 in–5 ft 11 in) with smooth bark and young branchlets that are covered with whitish, greyish or light brown hair when young. The leaves are linear, more or less cylindrical, 35–120 mm (1.4–4.7 in) long and 0.7–1.2 mm (0.028–0.047 in) wide with five narrow longitudinal grooves and a sharply pointed tip. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to fifteen along a rachis up to 45 mm (1.8 in) long, each flower sessile or on a pedicel up to 6 mm (0.24 in) long, with a scale leaf at the base. The tepals are hairy on the outside, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to November. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Persoonia pentasticha was first formally described in 1994 by Peter Weston in the journal Telopea from specimens collected by John Stanley Beard north of Wubin in 1963. [4] [6]
This geebung grows in sandy soil in heath the area between Mullewa, Mingenew, Wubin and Paynes Find in the south-west of Western Australia. [5]
Persoonia pentasticha is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife [5] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [7]
Persoonia helix is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, twisted leaves and bright yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to five on a rachis up to 25 mm (0.98 in) long.
Persoonia pertinax is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, twisted linear leaves, and hairy yellow flowers borne in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long.
Persoonia inconspicua 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 branchlets and leaves that are densely hairy when young, linear leaves and relatively small greenish yellow flowers usually borne singly or in pairs.
Persoonia spathulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, spatula-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers arranged singly or in pairs on a rachis up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.
Persoonia hexagona is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with branchlets that are densely hairy when young, linear, sharply pointed leaves and bright yellow, hairy flowers borne singly or in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 40 mm (1.6 in) long.
Persoonia bowgada is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with smooth bark, more or less cylindrical leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to ten on the ends of branches.
Persoonia cymbifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with smooth bark, hairy young branchlets, linear to narrow oblong leaves and yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to three on a short rachis.
Persoonia rufa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the a restricted area of New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, elliptic leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twelve on a rachis up to 110 mm (4.3 in), each flower with a leaf at its base.
Persoonia volcanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, egg-shaped to oblong leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twenty on a rachis up to 180 mm (7.1 in) that usually continues to grow after flowering, each flower with a leaf at its base.
Persoonia subtilis is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-east Queensland. It is a spreading to low-lying shrub with many stems, branchlets that are hairy when young, linear leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to eighteen on a rachis up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long.
Persoonia leucopogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with branchlets that are densely hairy when young, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves and yellow or greenish yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to four on a rachis up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long.
Persoonia dillwynioides, commonly known as Fitzgerald persoonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with smooth bark, linear leaves and bright yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to four along a rachis up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long.
Persoonia chapmaniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with smooth, compact bark, linear leaves with a sharp point on the tip and yellow flowers borne in groups of five to thirty along a rachis up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long.
Persoonia angustiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy branches and leaves, linear, more or less cylindrical leaves and yellow or greenish yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to four.
Persoonia papillosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the west of Western Australia. It is a small, erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear leaves with six prominent parallel veins, and hairy flowers borne in groups of up to twenty on a rachis up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long.
Persoonia quinquenervis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, twisted linear, lance-shaped, narrow oblong or narrow spatula-shaped leaves, and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 60 mm (2.4 in) that continues to grow after flowering.
Persoonia filiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear leaves and greenish yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to twenty on a rachis up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long.
Persoonia kararae is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Perenjori district of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with densely hairy branchlets, linear leaves and yellow flowers in goups of up to ten on a rachis up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long.
Persoonia saundersiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear leaves, and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twenty-five on a rachis up to 100 mm (3.9 in) that continues to grow after flowering.
Persoonia hakeiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading to low-lying shrub with mostly smooth bark, linear leaves and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to sixty along a rachis up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long.