Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A straggly shrub or small tree up to 4m high with fibrous dark grey bark.
Buds: Ovoid or globose 8-11mm long and 8-12mm diameter.
Flowers: Terminal panicles of cream or white 2cm diameter flowers. The flowers have a smooth central disc and 5 small petals surrounded by several rings of showy cream or white stamens.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: An ovoid, ribbed thin-walled capsule 1.5-2.5cm long with 4 or 5 tiny raised teeth on the rim.
Leaves: Ovate to elliptic 5-10cm long and 3-4cm wide, opposite, stiff, unstalked, tough, bristly rounded grey-green leaves with a heart-shaped base. The new growth has bristly red hairs.
Bark: Persistent, fibrous, flaky grey bark.
Habitat: Heathland on dry sandstone sites and in dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Red bristly hairs on new growth. Large ribbed fruit. Rough, opposite leaves.
Name:
Angophora From Greek angos = a closed vessel or vase and phero = ribbed (referring to its cup-shaped ribbed fruit).
hispida From Latin hispidus = rough or bristly (referring to the stiff hairs that cover the plant).
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Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Woody, Hard, Ribbed |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, Sickle |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Aromatic,Hairy,Rough |
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Bark |
Fibrous/Stringy, Papery/Flaky |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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