Fragm. 2: 170 (1861)
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Slender much-branched shrub or tree to c. 12 m high, rarely taller, glabrous. Leaves narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 10–30 cm long, 15–60 mm wide, dull dark green, surfaces granular when dried, venation most obvious on lower surface; apex broadly acute; margins entire; petiole 10–25 mm long. Inflorescence a compact, 30–60-flowered raceme or head, to c. 10 cm across; involucral bracts linear or lanceolate, mostly 2–5 cm long, pink, red or greenish, caducous; pedicels 10–20 mm long. Tepals 20–25 mm long, crimson, rarely white, glabrous. Follicle 5–7.5 cm long, excluding the persistent style, leathery, dark brown; seeds 10–16 per follicle, to c. 45 mm long including wing. Flowers Sep.–Dec.
EGL, EGU, GipP, HFE, HNF, MonT. Also NSW. Occasional in wet sclerophyll forests and temperate rainforests east of c. Orbost, mainly montane (ascending to c. 1300 m on Mt Ellery), but occurring down to c. 200 m (e.g. at Lind National Park).
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Victorian Riverina | present | cultivated | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native |
State |
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Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |