Tasmannia stipitata (Vickery) A.C.Sm.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub 1–3 m high; branchlets smooth, slightly glaucous, dull purplish. Leaves: petiole absent or to 2 mm long; lamina linear-lanceolate to linear-obovate, 5–13 cm long, 0.7–2 cm wide, cuneate base, acute apex, paler below. Petals (1–) 2 (–6), 5–15 mm long, ovate. Male flowers: pedicels 12–20 mm long; stamens 21–65; sterile carpel 1 (or 2). Female flowers: pedicels 17–30 mm long; carpels 2–9, with stipes 1.5–2 mm long; ovules 13–22. Apocarps oblong to ovoid, 5–7 mm long, blue-violet; transversely septate pulpa present; stipes 4–8 mm long. Seeds 12–15, strongly curved, 2.3–2.6 mm long, 1.8–2.1 mm wide.
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A shrub.
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Grows in moist eucalypt forest and in temperate rainforest, especially Nothofagus moorei communities, usually above 1000 m alt.
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It is a warm temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

Tasmannia stipitata unspecified picture

Distribution

Tasmannia stipitata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:555251-1
WFO ID wfo-0001240763
COL ID 54YN2
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Synonyms

Pseudodrimys stipitata Drimys aromatica var. pedunculata Tasmannia stipitata Drimys stipitata