Persoonia kararae is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Perenjori district of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with densely hairy branchlets, linear leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. kararae
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| Persoonia kararae | |
Description
editPersoonia kararae is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–5 m (3 ft 3 in – 16 ft 5 in) with branchlets that are densely hairy when young. The leaves are arranged alternately, linear but flattened, 80–140 mm (3.1–5.5 in) long, 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) wide and leathery to soft and flexible. The flowers are usually borne singly or in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long, each flower on a hairy pedicel 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. The tepals are yellow, hairy on the outside, 11.5–13.5 mm (0.45–0.53 in) long, the lower tepal sac-like, with yellow anthers. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a smooth drupe.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
editPersoonia kararae was first formally described in 1994 by Peter Weston in the journal Telopea from specimens collected by Ernst Wittwer near the Karara boundary gate in 1975.[4][6]
Distribution and habitat
editThis geebung is only known from two collections from Karara Station (now part of the Karara and Lochada Important Bird Area) in the Perenjori district in the Yalgoo biogeographic region of Western Australia.[3][5]
Conservation status
editThis species is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife[5] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Persoonia kararae". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Persoonia kararae P.H.Weston". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia kararae". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b Weston, Peter H. (1994). "The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae)". Telopea. 6 (1): 148–149. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Persoonia kararae". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Persoonia karara". APNI. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 20 October 2020.