Persoonia curvifolia explained

Persoonia curvifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to central New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves and somewhat hairy yellow flowers.

Description

Persoonia curvifolia is an erect to spreading shrub with smooth bark and young branches and leaves that are hairy when young. The leaves are linear, long, wide and grooved on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to eighteen along a rachis long, each flower on a hairy pedicel long. The tepals are yellow, long and sparsely to moderately hairy on the outside.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy and naming

Persoonia curvifolia was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected near Port Jackson by "D. Cunningham".^{[3] [4]}

The Wiradjuri people of New South Wales use the name bumbadula for the species.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

This persoonia grows in woodland and forest south from the Warrumbungles and Goulburn River in New South Wales and south to the Cocoparra National Park at altitudes between .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weston. Peter. Persoonia curvifolia. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. 10 October 2020.
2. Web site: Weston . Peter H. . Persoonia curvifolia . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 10 October 2020.
3. Web site: Persoonia curvifolia. APNI. 10 October 2020.
4. Book: Brown. Robert. Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae:. 1830. London. 13. 10 October 2020.
5. Book: Williams . Alice . Sides . Tim . 2008 . Wiradjuri Plant Use in the Murrumbidgee Catchment . Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority . 54 . 0 7347 5856 1.