Persoonia juniperina
Common Name:
Prickly Geebung
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Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Lowan Mallee, Wimmera, Wannon, Grampians, Midlands, Otway Plain, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plain, Wilsons Promontory, East Gippsland (BCDEJKNPSTVWZ) also SA, NSW, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Heathlands and heathy forests
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Flower Description:
Deep yellow
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Habit:
Erect to spreading shrub to 2 m high
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
This is a prickly shrub with widely spaced, needle like leaves. Flowers are in leaf axils and have 4 corolla lobes that curl backwards. Fruit is an ovoid green drupe with a long point
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria