Persoonia curvifolia
Persoonia curvifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to central New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves and somewhat hairy yellow flowers.
Description
Persoonia curvifolia is an erect to spreading shrub with smooth bark and young branches and leaves that are hairy when young. The leaves are linear, long, wide and grooved on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to eighteen along a rachis long, each flower on a hairy pedicel long. The tepals are yellow, long and sparsely to moderately hairy on the outside.Taxonomy and naming
Persoonia curvifolia was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected near Port Jackson by "D. Cunningham".The Wiradjuri people of New South Wales use the name bumbadula for the species.