Persoonia rufiflora
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Persoonia rufiflora.jpg
| genus = Persoonia
| species = rufiflora
| authority = Meisn.{{cite web|title=Persoonia rufiflora|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/114984|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=5 November 2020}}
| synonyms =
- Linkia rufiflora (Meisn.) Kuntze
- Linkia scabrella (Meisn.) Kuntze
- Persoonia scabrella Meisn.
}}
Persoonia rufiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, sometimes spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, lance-shaped to linear leaves, and hairy, greenish yellow flowers arranged singly or in pairs.
Description
Persoonia rufiflora is an erect, sometimes spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.5–2.5|m}} with young branchlets that are covered with greyish to rust-coloured hair. The leaves are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to linear, {{cvt|20–45|mm}} long and {{cvt|0.7–8|mm}} wide with three ridges on the upper surface. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs, with a scale leaf at the base. The tepals are greenish yellow, {{cvt|6.5–10|mm}} long, hairy on the outside, and the anthers are white. Flowering occurs from June to September and the fruit is a smooth, kidney-shaped to oval drupe about {{cvt|6|mm}} long and {{cvt|2|mm}} wide.{{Flora of Australia Online | name = Persoonia rufiflora Meisn. | id = 44569}}{{cite web |last1=Weston |first1=Peter H. |title=Persoonia rufiflora |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Persoonia%20rufiflora |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=5 November 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Weston |first1=Peter H. |title=The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). |journal=Telopea |date=1994 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=93–95 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/264631#page/97/mode/1up |access-date=5 November 2020}}{{FloraBase|name=Persoonia rufiflora |id=2272}}
Taxonomy
Persoonia rufiflora was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany from specimens collected by James Drummond.{{cite web|title=Persoonia rufiflora|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/549209|publisher=APNI|access-date=5 November 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Meissner |first1=Carl |last2=Hooker |first2=William Jackson |title=New Proteaceae of Australia. |journal=Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany |date=1855 |volume=7 |page=72 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/6325#page/74/mode/1up |access-date=5 November 2020}}
Distribution and habitat
This geebung grows in heath and mallee woodland between Kalbarri National Park and the Mogumber area in the south-west of Western Australia.
Conservation status
Persoonia rufiflora is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.
References
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Category:Flora of Western Australia