Persoonia linearis, the narrow-leaved geebung, is a shrub native to New
South Wales and Victoria in eastern Australia. It reaches 3 m
(9.8 ft), or occasionally 5 m (16 ft), in height and has thick, dark
grey papery bark. The leaves are linear in shape, up to 9 cm (3.5 in)
long, and 0.1 to 0.7 cm (0.04 to 0.28 in) wide. The small yellow
flowers appear from December to July, followed by small green fleshy
fruits. P. linearis interbreeds with several other Persoonia species
where they grow together. This shrub is found in dry forest on poor
sandstone-based soils, and is adapted to a fire-prone environment; the
plants resprout epicormic buds from beneath their thick bark after
bushfires. The fruit are consumed by vertebrates such as kangaroos,
possums and currawongs. P. linearis is rare in cultivation as it is
very hard to propagate by seed or by cuttings, but once propagated, it
adapts readily, preferring acidic soils with good drainage and at least
a partly sunny aspect.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persoonia_linearis>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1393:
King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several
dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_des_Ardents>
1813:
The novel Pride and Prejudice by English author Jane Austen
(portrait shown) was published, using material from an unpublished
manuscript that she originally wrote between 1796 and 1797.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice>
1933:
Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for
the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed
"Pakstan".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Declaration>
1964:
An unarmed U.S. Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission
was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19, killing all
three aboard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_T-39_shootdown_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
caliginous:
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caliginous>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Whoever brushes aside even a part of the truth, whether through
intention or oversight, is doomed to fall. The truth he lacks thrives on
negligence, and brings down whatever is built without it. It is easy to
resolve our problem knowing its components than resolve them without
knowing them.
--José Martí
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD>