Persoonia linearis Andrews

Narrow-leaved Geebung

Shrub or small tree to 5 m tall with red flaky bark. Leaves 2-8 cm long, 1-6 mm wide, linear to narrowly oblong or spoon-shaped. Flowers solitary with scale leaf at base, hairy; summer to autumn.

NSW, Vic.

Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
genus        Persoonia Sm.