Persoonia oleoides
Persoonia oleoides L.A.S.Johnson & P.H.Weston
Persoonia oleoides is a flowering plant in the Proteaceae family, native to north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It is a shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers arranged in clusters of up to twenty-five on a rachis up to 130 mm long. The species was described by L.A.S. Johnson and P.H. Weston in 1991.
Description
Persoonia oleoides is a shrub that grows upright or low to the ground. Its leaves are oblong to egg-shaped, and it produces yellow flowers in clusters. The flowers are borne on a rachis that can reach up to 130 mm in length. The species is endemic to north-eastern New South Wales and is part of the Proteaceae family, a group of flowering plants primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere. It was first described in 1991 by botanists L.A.S. Johnson and P.H. Weston.
Distribution
Global · New South Wales
