Prodr. 357 (1810) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Erect shrub to c. 4 m high, grey-green to light green, sometimes bronzy; branchlets slender but c. rigid, angular, striate, pubescent at first, finally glabrous. Leaves alternate, linear-subulate, 1–3 mm long, caducous. Inflorescences usually 2–6-flowered, short, dense, sessile or shortly pedunculate clusters 1–3.5 mm long in upper leaf axils, usually only 1 flower per spike fertile; rachis pubescent. Tepals 4 or 5, triangular-ovate, to c. 1 mm long, more or less acute, yellow-green, caducous. Fruiting receptacle broad-obovoid, 2–4 mm long, red, white or mauve, succulent; drupe ovoid or globular, 2.5–4.5 mm long, shiny, green to almost black. Flowers all months.
Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, OtP, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Apart from very dry and very wet communities, almost ubiquitous in heathland, woodland and open-forests throughout Victoria.
See also note under E. sparteus.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Bridgewater | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | 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 | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |