''Persoonia angustiflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

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and is

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to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy branches and leaves, linear, more or less cylindrical leaves and yellow or greenish yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to four.

Description

''Persoonia angustiflora'' is usually an erect, occasionally spreading,

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shrub that typically grows to a height of with young branchlets and leaves covered with greyish to brown hairs. The leaves are linear, more or less cylindrical or slightly flattened with longitudinal grooves, long and wide but not sharply pointed. Yellow or greenish yellow flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to four, each flower on a

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long with

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s long and hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from September to March.

Taxonomy and naming

''Persoonia angustiflora'' was first formally described in 1870 by

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in ''

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'' from specimens collected by James Drummond near the Swan River.

Distribution and habitat

This persoonia grows in heath mallee and woodland between Eneabba,

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and

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in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

''Persoonia angustiflora'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18075352 angustiflora Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1870 Taxa named by George Bentham