Persoonia oxycoccoides
Siebold. ex Spreng.
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Summary
Source: WikipediaPersoonia oxycoccoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is a spreading to prostrate shrub with smooth bark, hairy young branchlets, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers arranged in groups of up to thirteen along a rachis that continues to grow after flowering.
Description
A very small shrub. It grows 0.5-1 m high and spreads 1-2.5 m wide. Young growth is hairy. There are many branches and they can lie along the ground. The small branches are reddish. The leaves are 0.4-1.2 cm long by 0.6 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. They are dark green and alternate. They are paler underneath. The edges curve back. The flowers are 0.8 cm across and yellow. They are often on leafy stalks 4 cm long. The fruit are 1 cm long by 0.6 cm wide. They are green.
Edible Uses
The small green fruit (1 cm long) are edible.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in dry forest. It grows on sandy soils. It needs well drained acid soils. It can tolerate frost and dry periods. In Wittunga Botanical Gardens Adelaide. It suits hardiness zones 8-10.
Where It Grows
Australia*,
Cultivation
It can be grown from seed or cuttings of very young growth.
Notes
There are about 90 Persoonia species. They grow in Australia. Many have fruit which are edible.
