Persoonia lanceolata, commonly known as lance-leaf geebung, is a shrub
native to New South Wales in eastern Australia. It reaches 3 m
(9.8 ft) in height and has smooth grey bark and bright green foliage.
Its small yellow flowers grow on racemes and appear in the austral
summer and autumn (January to April), followed by green fleshy fruit
(known as drupes) which ripen the following spring (September to
October). Within the genus Persoonia, Persoonia lanceolata belongs to
the lanceolata group of 58 closely related species. It interbreeds with
several other species found in its range. The species is usually found
in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone-based nutrient-deficient soil. It
has adapted to a fire-prone environment; plants lost in bushfires can
regenerate through a ground-stored seed bank. Seedlings mostly germinate
within two years of fires. Several species of native bee of the genus
Leioproctus pollinate the flowers. Swamp wallabies are a main consumer
of its fruit, and the seeds are spread in wallaby scat. Its lifespan
ranges from 25 to 60 years, though difficulties in propagation have seen
low cultivation rates.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persoonia_lanceolata>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
161:
Following the death of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, Marcus
Aurelius and Lucius Verus agreed to become co-Emperors in an
unprecedented arrangement in the Roman Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Verus>
1277:
Étienne Tempier, Bishop of Paris, promulgated a Condemnation
of 219 philosophical and theological propositions that were being
discussed at the University of Paris.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Tempier>
1871:
José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (pictured), became Prime
Minister of the Empire of Brazil, starting a four-year rule, the longest
in the state's history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Paranhos,_Viscount_of_Rio_Branco>
1914:
Prussian William of Wied began his short reign as sovereign
prince of the newly independent state of Albania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Albania>
1965:
African-American Civil Rights Movement: Civil rights
demonstrators marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were brutally
attacked by police on Bloody Sunday.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
phillumenist:
A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels,
matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/phillumenist>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
--Aristotle
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aristotle>