Annual Rep. Govt. Bot. 22 (1858) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native (naturalised in part(s) of state)
Shrub or tree to 5 m high; bark on smaller stems smooth or becoming rough. Young stems with a groove near base of petiole. Leaves narrowly obovate to obovate, 15–30 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, flat, glabrous, usually grey-green; apex obtuse, with a small point, flat. Flowers 15–20 mm diam.; hypanthium 3–4 mm long, usually glabrous, rarely silky, sessile; sepals triangular, 1.5–2 mm long, silky on outer surface, persisting on fruit; petals 6–7 mm long, white; ovary 7–11-locular, apex shortly silky all over. Fruit deciduous (but sometimes tardily so), obconical, 6–8 mm diam., surface glabrous and wrinkled; seeds c. 2 mm long, often winged, with a reticulate surface pattern. Flowers Aug.–Nov.
EGL, EGU, GipP, HSF, OtP, Strz, WPro, *Brid, *Glep, *Gold, *LoM, *MuM, *OtR, *VVP, *WaP. Common on sandy coastal foreshores and dunes from c. Anglesea eastward (where native); introduced and naturalised on some western Victorian coasts (e.g. Port Fairy, Portland) and a few inland sites.
Hybrids with L. myrsinoides have been recorded.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |