Height |
3.0m -10.0m (300-1000cm) |
Flowers |
Small, creamy white clusters. Male and female usually on separate plants, delicately perfumed. |
Form |
Medium to tall shrub or small tree,branches covered with stellate hairs when young, leaves alternate, many stellate hairs below. |
Municipalities |
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman |
Communities |
Wet Eucalypt Forest |
Habitat Notes |
Tas. endemic. Common in moist eucalypt forests and gullies of southern Tasmania. |
Site Tolerance |
Moist; Shady |
Soil Tolerance |
Phosphorous intolerant; Well-drained |
General Notes |
Fast growing and appreciates moist, well drained soils wih shade. Also flowers sporadically at other times of the year. Not suitable below powerlines. |