Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Persoonia hindii

Common name

A geebung

Family

Proteaceae

Where found

Dry forest and woodland. Newnes Plateau, north of Lithgow.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m high, rhizomatous, suckering. Leaves and fruit fleshy. Bark smooth. Young branchlets moderately hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5–2.7 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, flattened cylindrical, sparsely hairy, becoming hairless. Flowers with 4 yellow 'petals' each 12–15 mm long, more or less fused at the base, hairless. flower buds yellow-green, with a red base, prominently Flowers erect to spreading, mostly subtended by leaves, in clusters. Flowers January to March, possibly with sporadic flowering in other months. Fruit dull green turning yellow, about 15 mm long.

Endangered NSW. Protected NSW.

NSW Threatened Species profile with photos:  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10594 (accessed 7 January, 2021)

PlantNET description with line drawings:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Persoonia~hindii  (accessed 7 January, 2021)