Persoonia subvelutina explained

Persoonia subvelutina, commonly known as velvety geebung,^[1] is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading to small tree with branchlets that are hairy when young, elliptic, lance-shaped, egg-shaped or spatula-shaped leaves and yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel long.

Description

Persoonia subvelutina is a spreading shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of and has hairy young branchlets. The leaves are elliptic, lance-shaped, egg-shaped or spatula-shaped, long and wide with the edges turned downwards. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a hairy pedicel long. The tepals are yellow, hairy and long. Flowering occurs in summer and the fruit is an oval, green drupe up to about long and wide.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Taxonomy

Persoonia subvelutina was first formally described in 1957 by Lawrie Johnson in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected in 1954 by George Althofer near the upper Snowy River.^{[5] [6]}

Distribution and habitat

Velvety geebung grows in woodland and forest between Brindabella in New South Wales and the montane and subalpine forests of north-eastern Victoria.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jeanes . Jeff A. . Persoonia subvelutina . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 11 November 2020.
2. Web site: Weston . Peter H. . Persoonia subvelutina . Australian National Botanic Gardens . 11 November 2020.
3. Web site: Weston . Peter H. . Persoonia subvelutina . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 11 November 2020.
4. Web site: Weston . Peter H. . Persoonia subvelutina . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 11 November 2020.
5. Web site: Persoonia subvelutina. APNI. 11 November 2020.
6. Johnson . Lawrence A.A. . Two new species of Persoonia . The Victorian Naturalist . 1957 . 73 . 10 . 161 . 11 November 2020.