Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Weetensch. Haarlem20: 417, t. 11 (1782)
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Introduced
Degree of establishment
Adventive
Shrub 6–7 m high; branches white to yellow tomentose when young. Leaves lanceolate or narrow-ovate, 9–23 cm long, 2–6 cm wide, base cuneate or subamplexicaul, sessile or shortly petiolate, margin crenulated, dark green and glabrous above, white to yellowish tomentose below; petiole to 10 mm long. Inflorescences 13–20 mm diam. Flowers fragrant, sessile; calyx 2–3 mm long; lobes obtuse, 1–1.5 mm long; corolla orange, 5–5.5 mm long, tube c. 4 mm long; lobes suborbicular to reinform, spreading; stamens inserted near middle of corolla tube; anthers sessile. Capsule c. 5 mm long. Flowers Oct.–Dec.
GGr, HSF, HNF. Native of Chile and Argentina. Known from a few garden escapes in the Grampians and the Dandenongs.