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Persoonia levis, commonly known as the broad-leaved geebung, is a shrub native to New South Wales and Victoria in eastern Australia. It was first collected by Luis Née in the vicinity of Port Jackson (Sydney) in April 1797. It reaches 5 m (16 ft) in height and has dark grey papery bark and bright green asymmetrical sickle-shaped leaves up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long and 8 cm (3.2 in) wide. The small yellow flowers appear in summer and autumn (December to April), followed by small green fleshy fruit known as drupes. The fruit is juicy but stringy when unripe, and the seeds and skin are inedible. Found in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone-based nutrient-deficient soils, P. levis is adapted to a fire-prone environment; the plants resprout epicormic buds from beneath their thick bark after bushfires, and can live for over 60 years. Regeneration also takes place after fire by a ground-stored seed bank. The longtongue bee Leioproctus carinatifrons is a pollinator of the flowers, and the fruit are consumed by vertebrates such as kangaroos, possums and currawongs. Despite its horticultural appeal, P. levis is rare in cultivation as it is very hard to propagate, either by seed or cuttings.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persoonia_levis
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1711:
George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo, the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo_(opera)
1803:
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Marbury v. Madison, declared an act of Congress unconstitutional for the first time, forming the basis of judicial review in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison
1868:
Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. President to be impeached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson
1944:
World War II: The United States Army long-range penetration special operations unit known as Merrill's Marauders began a 1000-mile (1600 km) march over the Patkai region of the Himalayas and into the Burmese jungle behind Japanese lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill%27s_Marauders
2006:
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a state of emergency in an attempt to subdue a possible military coup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_state_of_emergency_in_the_Philippines
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
technopeasant: (informal) One who is disadvantaged or exploited within a modern technological society, especially through inability to use computer technology. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/technopeasant
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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