Persoonia micranthera

Persoonia micranthera, commonly known as the small-flowered snottygobble, is an endangered prostrate shrub with yellow flowers and thin bark. It grows only on two peaks, Bluff Knoll and Isongerup Peak, in the eastern section of the Stirling Range, Western Australia. A slow-growing plant, it takes more than six years to produce flowers and seed.

Small-flowered snottygobble
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. micranthera
Binomial name
Persoonia micranthera
P.H.Weston

Prior to 1980, Persoonia micranthera was also present on Coyanerup Peak, but none were found there in 1990, and that population is now believed extinct. In April 1991 an intense bushfire burnt all known populations except for three adult plants on Isongerup Peak. A 1997 survey noted three adults and 150 seedlings on Isongerup Peak, but a 1999 survey of Bluff Knoll found no adults and only two seedlings there.

References
  • Persoonia micranthera, Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia.
  • Brown, Andrew; Thomson-Dans, Carolyn; Marchant, Neville, eds. (1998). Western Australia's Threatened Flora. Como, Western Australia: Department of Conservation and Land Management. ISBN 0-7309-6875-8.
  • "Persoonia micranthera". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  • "Persoonia micranthera". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
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