First collected by John White in the vicinity of Port Jackson (Sydney) in 1794, Persoonia hirsuta was described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in his 1805 work Synopsis Plantarum.
Persoonia pauciflora | Persoonia | Staurogyne hirsuta | Phlox hirsuta | Persoonia longifolia | Kiwa hirsuta | Cardamine hirsuta | Battus philenor hirsuta |