Persoonia silvatica
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| Leaves and fruits Errinundra National Park, Victoria |
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P. silvatica
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Persoonia silvatica is a shrub or tree native to southeastern Australia.[1] It grows to between 1.5 and 9 metres tall and has leaves that are 3 to 12 cm long and 0.6 to 2.5 cm wide.[1] Flowers appear between November and March in the species native range.[1] These are followed by green ovoid fruits that are about 15 mm long and 12 mm wide.[2]
The species was formally described in 1957 by botanist Lawrie Johnson based on plant material collected at Brown Mountain in New South Wales by Ernst Betche in 1893.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Persoonia silvatica occurs in montane forest along the Great Dividing Range in East Gippsland and south-eastern New South Wales including locatlities Bendoc, the Errinundra Plateau, Mount Kaye and Howe Hill in Victoria and Monga, Tinderry Peak and Mount Currockbilly in New South Wales[1][2] Plants that are believed to be hybrids of this species with Persoonia confertiflora have been noted at Genoa in Victoria.[2]
