what does the plant look like?
It grows as a tall shrub to small tree, occasionally reaching in height but more commonly around tall. The flaky soft bark is dark grey on the surface, while deeper layers are reddish.
Persoonia linearis
"Persoonia linearis" grows as a tall shrub to small tree, occasionally reaching in height but more commonly around tall. The flaky soft bark is dark grey on the surface, while deeper layers are reddish. Within the bark are epicormic buds, which sprout new growth after bushfire. The new growth is hairy. The leaves are more or less linear in shape, measuring in length and wide, with slightly down-rolled margins.
where does the name persoonia linearis originate from? It is derived from Latin. what does it mean? It is referring to the shape of the leaves.
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Persoonia linearis [SEP] Description
"Persoonia linearis" grows as a tall shrub to small tree, occasionally reaching in height but more commonly around tall. The flaky soft bark is dark grey on the surface, while deeper layers are reddish. Within the bark are epicormic buds, which sprout new growth after bushfire. The new growth is hairy. The leaves are more or less linear in shape, measuring in length and wide, with slightly down-rolled margins. The yellow flowers appear in "summer", "autumn" and early "winter" (December to July), peaking over January and February. They are arranged in leafy racemes, and each stem may bear up to 50 flowers.