Persoonia asperula

Prostrate to erect shrub to c. 2 m high; young branches moderately hairy. Leaves alternate to subopposite, oblong, elliptic or sometimes ovate, 3–8 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, flat, margins recurved, concolorous to strongly discolorous, scaberulous, hairy to glabrescent. Flowers solitary in leaf axils; floral leaves normal or reduced; pedicels 1–5 mm long, erect to spreading, sparsely to moderately hairy. Tepals 9–11 mm long, acute to apiculate, glabrous to moderately hairy, terminal spine to c. 1 mm long; anthers yellow; ovary glabrous. Drupe ovoid, to c. 10 mm long, c. 7 mm wide, green with purple stripes. Flowers Jan.–Feb.