Melaleuca parvistaminea

Small-flowered Honey-myrtle at Majura, ACT

Melaleuca parvistaminea at Majura, ACT - 22 Aug 2021
Melaleuca parvistaminea at Majura, ACT - 22 Aug 2021
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Melaleuca parvistaminea 17 Sep 2021 Tapirlord
Unidentified 17 Sep 2021 MAX

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Single Shrub, Upright Habit, multiple stems, about 1.5 m height, narrow leaves about 1cm long by 3mm wide, tightly packed in whorls around the stems, slightly aromatic when crushed, stem squarish (cross-section), distinct apical bud tips. Growing in open sunny, well drained location. Flat terrain, about 30m inside Majura Nature Park from fence line to Federal Highway. No other similar shrubs around. Superficially "similar" in appearance to garden Rosemary (which it isn't). Potential Weedy species ?

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Tapirlord wrote:
   17 Sep 2021
My understanding is that this species has been previously recorded from mount Majura, but i don't think it's likely to be local to this area, although there may be some native populations with CNMs borders. Regardless it doesn't have a particularly high weed potential, @waltraud might know. :).
waltraud wrote:
   20 Sep 2021
Correct. Thanks for the recording, id, and comments. The ACT Census of Vascular Plants lists the species as Exotic [Aust] for the ACT with the common name Rough Paperbark.
waltraud wrote:
   27 Sep 2021
CNM lists this species as Local whereas the Census of vascular plants lists Exotic; not sure which resources the CNM uses to determine the status of plant species.
Tapirlord wrote:
   28 Sep 2021
This species is listed as native to the southern tablelands by plantnet, and ALA shows its distrbution throughout surrounding NSW, there are also records from Namadgi. However, I think the CNM status stems from this sighting, see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/27387.
MAX wrote:
   28 Sep 2021
Mmmm.... Little did I know / suspect that this sighting would be "controversial" / interesting. Where did this One only specimen come from ? Definitely Not planted here. Self recruited, I may have a look around at the Federal Highway Plantings nearby, to see if there are others which may be the source ? How is this species normally dispersed naturally? 🙃
waltraud wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
Max, that's another hard one. Generally, I use the ACT Census of vascular plants for the update of our Flora list for both the name and status. Sometimes however there are conflicts that cause me headaches... For instance, Microtis unifolia, an orchid, is not listed in the Census but CNM has records for Mts Ainslie and Majura and the species is featured in the ACT orchid guide which lists Mt Ainslie as one of the locations where it occurs. I doubt the orchids were planted. 2 options: perhaps the herbarium has no entry, or the identifications for the CNM records were incorrect. The identification of the status (local /introduced) can be difficult as well see for instance discussions around the Water Primrose: Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis (Water Primrose)
Mike wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
Waltraud, the Census is based on Herbarium records, that is physical specimens. There can be species that have not been collected and accessioned.
waltraud wrote:
   29 Sep 2021
Mike, yes, I'm aware; therefore I try to collect specimens or ask botanists to collect specimens for the herbarium if things are not listed/ unclear... I'm also aware that botanists discuss the status of Australian species which may change from being introduced to local (Water Primrose) or visa versa (Acacia decurrens).

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