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Persoonia silvatica is a shrub or tree native to southeastern Australia. It grows to between 1.5 and 9 metres tall and has leaves that are 3 to 12 cm long and 0.6 to 2.5 cm wide. Flowers appear between November and March in the species native range. These are followed by green ovoid fruits that are about 15 mm long and 12 mm wide.
The species was formally described in 1957 by botanist Lawrie Johnson based on plant material collected at Brown Mountain in New South Wales by Ernst Betche in 1893.
Distribution and habitat
Persoonia silvatica occurs in montane forest along the Great Dividing Range in East Gippsland and south-eastern New South Wales including locatlities Bendoc, the Errinundra Plateau, Mount Kaye and Howe Hill in Victoria and Monga, Tinderry Peak and Mount Currockbilly in New South Wales Plants that are believed to be hybrids of this species with Persoonia confertiflora have been noted at Genoa in Victoria.