Persoonia nutans is listed as endangered in the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as endangered in the Schedules of the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.
The species is a NSW endemic restricted to the Cumberland Plain, western Sydney, between Richmond in the north and Macquarie Fields in the south. The species has a disjunct distribution, with the majority of individuals (99%) restricted to a small area in the north of the species range, with isolated small populations occurring in the south.
