Choix Pl. near t. 25 (1804) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Tall shrub or small tree 3–12 m high; branches glabrous or puberulous when young. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, 2–8.5 cm long, 4–25 mm wide, c. obtuse, margins entire, discolorous, glabrous, venation obscure; petiole 2–12 mm long, often purplish. Racemes mostly 1.5–4 cm long, 1–3 per axil, mostly 7–13-flowered; pedicels 2–7 mm long. Calyx 0.5–1.5 mm long, with prominent c. triangular teeth; petals 1–1.5 mm long, imbricate in bud, yellow-green. Drupe subglobose, 6–10 mm diam., white, pink or purplish-black. Flowers summer and autumn.
EGL, EGU, GipP, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, MonT, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro. Also NSW, Tas. A widespread component of montane forests of eastern Victoria, with isolated western records for the Otway Range and the Grampians.
Some modern authors include Notelaea ligustrina in the genus Nestegis on the basis of its more or less free petals that are imbricate in bud, and the obscure leaf venation.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
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New South Wales |
Victoria |
Tasmania |