AusTraits

Persoonia hirsuta

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Family Proteaceae

Taxonomy: Persoonia hirsuta Pers.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Linkia hirsuta (Pers.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Persoonia arida Sieber ex Schult. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Persoonia arida Sieber ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Persoonia aspera Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Persoonia hirsuta var. linearis Endl. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Persoonia hirsuta var. linearis Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Persoonia hirsuta var. spathulata Meisn. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Persoonia hirsuta var. subovalis Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Persoonia hirsuta var. subovalis Meisn. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (11), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2020 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), NSWFRD_2014 (9), Pickup_2021 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 83 records in 16 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 17.5 mm (15-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (1); drupe (2); pyrene (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 119.83 mm (5-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.18 mm (0.7-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_oblong (1); spathulate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_deep (1); unlobed (2) [sources: Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); mammals (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (4) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; Hughes_1992; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.45 m (0.3-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231218N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023811Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_201489B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Jordan_202088G. J. Jordan, R. J. Carpenter, B. R. Holland, N. J. Beeton, M. D. Woodhams, and T. J. Brodribb. “Links between environment and stomatal size through evolutionary time in Proteaceae”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287.1919 (2020), p. 20192876. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2876.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Pickup_202155M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_198133B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Clarke_201522P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.