Persoonia coriacea
Persoonia coriacea Audas & P.Morris
Persoonia coriacea, known as the leathery-leaf persoonia, is a flowering plant in the Proteaceae family. It is native to the south-west of Western Australia and was first described in 1929 by Audas and P.Morris. The plant is an upright or spreading shrub with smooth bark and spatula-shaped to linear leaves. It produces clusters of bright yellow flowers along a rachis up to 70 mm long.
Description
Persoonia coriacea is a shrub species within the Proteaceae family, found exclusively in the south-western region of Western Australia. It features smooth bark and leaves that range in shape from spatula-like to elliptic or linear. The flowers are a vivid yellow and are arranged in groups of up to ten along a rachis that can reach 70 mm in length. This species was first published in 1929 by Audas and P.Morris.
Distribution
Global · Western Australia
