Olea europaea
Common Olive at Hackett, ACT
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| Olea europaea | waltraud | 2 Dec 2025 |
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About 1.5m tall Olive; flowering; I will tackle and map with Field Maps under Woody weeds with a comment; the common olive is not listed in the drop down list of Field Maps weeds.
4 comments
22 Sep 2026
Some leaves seem to have a hooked tip, which would make it African olive, not European. The other difference is the colour of the undersides of the leaves, but cannot see this here very clearly as it was taken at night.
4 Oct 2026
abread111 check out the Olea europaea feature pictures - leaves have hooked tips similar to those in my record...
4 Oct 2026
From Hort Key for SE Aust
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Leaves yellow-green and scaly below, mostly 1–2.5 cm wide, with a hooked tip Olea subsp. africana
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Leaves whitish beneath, mostly 0.8–1 cm wide, without a hooked tip Olea subsp. europaea
So from that I'd say this is African - one underside looks yellowish
Species Olea europaea includes both subspecies. So the CNM species listing you cited could include both.
ACT Census has only sub sp cuspidata with the common name Olive.
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Leaves yellow-green and scaly below, mostly 1–2.5 cm wide, with a hooked tip Olea subsp. africana
1.
Leaves whitish beneath, mostly 0.8–1 cm wide, without a hooked tip Olea subsp. europaea
So from that I'd say this is African - one underside looks yellowish
Species Olea europaea includes both subspecies. So the CNM species listing you cited could include both.
ACT Census has only sub sp cuspidata with the common name Olive.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.167528-35.242853
- Altitude 640.8m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Hackett, ACT
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- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Dec 2025 08:22 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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- Olea europaea Scientific name
- Common Olive Common name
- Up to 670.48m Recorded at altitude
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