Persoonia nutans
| Nodding Geebung | |
|---|---|
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| Flowers, Agnes Banks, NSW | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. nutans |
| Binomial name | |
| Persoonia nutans R.Br. | |
Persoonia nutans, or Nodding Geebung, is a rare shrub native to New South Wales in eastern Australia. It is one of many species first described by Robert Brown.[1] collected 'near Richmond and the Nepean River' in 1802. It is an attractive, erect to spreading shrub to 1.5m tall with hairy young branches with narrow leaves, about 30 x 1.5mm, flat but with recurved margins. The flowers are yellow, pendulous on a delicate stalk to 12mm long, with 4 free segments curled back from a cylindrical base occurring from December to March, with some flowers to July; ovary glabrous (hairless) . Its fruit is a round glabrous drupe enclosing a single seed.[2] It appears to favour sandy soils. It is currently listed as an endangered species on Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and as a nationally endangered species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[3]
References
- ↑ "Persoonia nutans R.Br.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ Fairley & Moore, Native Plants of the Sydney region, Jacana, Sydney, 2010
- ↑ , Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, NSW Government
