Tasmannia sp.

Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Tasmannia sp.	5 Sep 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Tasmannia sp.	4 Sep 2017	BettyDonWood
Tasmannia lanceolata	3 Sep 2017	HarveyPerkins

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3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

3 Sep 2017

I get the impression that the leaves are stalkless, but the photos are not good enough to tell. Flowers in lanceolata are 10 mm ore more, in xerophila much smaller. Can you comment on flower size? Both species are listed in the ACT Plant Census.

HarveyPerkins wrote:

3 Sep 2017

I've added another photo that may help with the leaf stalks - they're essentially sessile. Flower size, from recollection, was probably between 5 and 10 mm diameter. The leaves were generally about 4-6 cm long and about 10 mm wide from memory. The bush was about 1.3 m tall, beside the trail in forest, but not far from the saddle of Murrays Gap which opens out into boggy grassland.

BettyDonWood wrote:

4 Sep 2017

Unfortunately all the measurements you gave could apply to either species. The petal number (2) suggests xerophila. Lanceolata usually has 4 petals, but sometimes 2. Being a male plant we cannot wait on the fruit to develop.

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1 Abundance
24 Feb 2017 01:40 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

True In flower
1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

Tasmannia sp. Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Machine learning
In flower

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