Brush Kurrajong at Bawley Point, NSW
Identification history
| Androcalva fraseri | 24 Dec 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Androcalva fraseri | 24 Dec 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 18 Dec 2018 | GLemann |
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User's notes
Growing on roadside - probably exotic.
6 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
24 Dec 2018
This far north, it is unlikely to be Androcalva rossii, which has larger leaves, and tends to be whitish on the backs of the leaves. Fraseri tends to be rusty on the backs of the leaves. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/androcalva_fraseri.htm
Sybille
wrote:
25 Dec 2018
I’ve only known this one as Commersonia fraseri, Blackfellows hemp. Is there a name change? Very common here at B Pt.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
25 Dec 2018
Is has been split into two species and had a name change. Androcalava fraseri occurs north from about Bermagui. I have just checked the distributions. Rossii occurs south from about Bermagui.
I think this makes this definitely fraseri. It is very hards to distinguish the two from photos,
I think this makes this definitely fraseri. It is very hards to distinguish the two from photos,
JackieMiles
wrote:
26 Dec 2018
Very hard to distinguish the two, fullstop! I haven't really got my head around the difference yet, and the leaf size and shape is super variable in rossii. I've got photos taken in the Wollongong Bot Gardens and on the NSW north coast that look sufficiently different in leaf shape that I figure they must be fraseri, but they both have a white leaf underside. I haven't noticed much difference between plants from north and south of Bermagui. Not sure I believe in this split!
Location information
- Coordinates 150.392770-35.516323
- Places Bawley Point, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 24 Dec 2018 11:02 AM Recorded on
- GLemann Recorded by
Species information
- Androcalva fraseri Scientific name
- Brush Kurrajong Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 309.94m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Commersonia fraseri
