 "Persoonia hirsuta" is listed nationally as "endangered" under the "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999".The species occurs in fragmented small populations throughout its range and is threatened by urban development, clearing or degradation of bushland and too frequent bushfires and burning of bush.The European honeybee has been implicated in the decline of this and other species as it is suspected of being a poor pollinator of persoonia flowers.