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Persoonia lanceolata is a shrub native to New South Wales, Australia that reaches 3 meters tall. It has bright green foliage and small yellow flowers that grow in clusters and bloom from January to April, followed by green fleshy fruits that ripen from September to October. P. lanceolata belongs to a group of 58 closely related species and interbreeds with several others found in its range, usually occupying dry forest on nutrient-deficient soil and regenerating after fires through stored seeds.

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Persoonia lanceolata is a shrub native to New South Wales, Australia that reaches 3 meters tall. It has bright green foliage and small yellow flowers that grow in clusters and bloom from January to April, followed by green fleshy fruits that ripen from September to October. P. lanceolata belongs to a group of 58 closely related species and interbreeds with several others found in its range, usually occupying dry forest on nutrient-deficient soil and regenerating after fires through stored seeds.

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Persoonia lanceolata, commonly known as lance-leaf geebung, is a shrub native toNew South Wales in eastern Australia. It reaches 3 m (9.

8 ft) in height and has smooth grey bark and bright green foliage. Its small yellow flowers grow on racemesand appear in the austral summer and autumn (January to April), followed by green fleshy fruit (known as drupes) which ripen the following spring (September to October). Within the genus Persoonia, Persoonia lanceolata belongs to the lanceolata group of 58 closely related species. It interbreeds with several other species found in its range. The species is usually found in dry sclerophyllforest on sandstone-based nutrient-deficient soil. It has adapted to a fire-prone environment; plants lost in bushfires can regenerate through a ground-stored seed bank. Seedlings mostly germinate within two years of fires. Several species of native bee of the genus Leioproctus pollinate the flowers. Swamp wallabies are a main consumer of its fruit, and the seeds are spread in wallaby scat. Its lifespan ranges from 25 to 60 years, though difficulties in propagation have seen low cultivation rates. (Full article...) Recently featured: Gilbert Foliot Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri Jimi Hendrix

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