Prickly Geebung

Persoonia juniperina, commonly known as the prickly geebung, is a shrub native to south-eastern Australia. It was first collected in Tasmania, and described by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière in 1805. Within the genus Persoonia, P. juniperina is classified in the lanceolata group, a group of 54 closely related species with similar flowers but very different foliage. These species will often interbreed with each other where two members of the group occur. The species itself is variable...