Androcalva fraseri (Brush Kurrajong)

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From the scholarly published botanical revision,
the distinguishing features' wording,
to check for with magnification (a hand lens in the field or a binocular microscope back inside),
here :
Wilkins, C. F. and B. A. Whitlock (2011)
A new Australian genus, *Androcalva*, separated from *Commersonia* (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae).
Australian Systematic Botany 24 (5) : 284–349.
—botanical key quotation:
"
37 Stem and flowering stems with white, stellate hairs, or white with tan centres, ~0.5 mm long
– *Androcalva fraseri* (SE Qld; North Coast of NSW)

37 Stem and flowering stems with long golden to ferruginous stellate hairs, ~1 mm long
– *Androcalva rossii* (S NSW; Vic: E Gippsland)
" .

For more than 15 years, I, Jason Stewart, have talked with so many people including great field botanists,
confused by these two species' distinguishing features. I'm not better. I carefully check the plants' stems everytime.

For clarifying and resolving this confusion, going back to the most recent scholarly evidences–based source for the distinguishing features,
has the utmost importance (as i have reproduced above) .

• *Androcalva fraseri* : stems and flowering stems have many white stellate individual hairs (shorter: at 1⁄2 mm average)
(rather than referring to a leaves' undersides' overview of a white appearance or a rusty appearance, which they may have from many other types of hairs there, as that does not have relevance to the distinguishing features between these two species.).

• *Androcalva rossii* : stems and flowering stems have many long golden to ferruginous stellate hairs (longer: at 1 mm average)
(leaves' undersides' overview often has a white appearance or a golden appearance or even a rusty coloured appearance from many other types of hairs there, yet that does not have relevance to the distinguishing features between these two species. ) .

Androcalva fraseri is listed in the following regions:

South Coast