Elaeocarpus reticulatus
Blueberry Ash, Fairy Petticoats at Mogo Creek, NSW
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| Elaeocarpus reticulatus | JasonPStewart | 9 Jun 2025 | |
| Elaeocarpus reticulatus | JasonPStewart | 9 Jun 2025 | |
| Elaeocarpus reticulatus | MartinPredavec | 9 Jun 2025 |
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See observation https://hunter.naturemapr.org/sightings/4674164 for another nearby individual.
4 comments
9 Jun 2025
Photograph 1 : clear pulvini !
Also:
• Leaves and petioles and stems appear hairy.
The Flora of NSW botanical key couplet 2 second line, does state: " Mature leaves glabrous, or almost so, on both surfaces, **sometimes young leaves hairy** " .
• Some petioles longer, compared to the proportions of this plant's stem and leaves',
than the previous sighting i commented much on.
Approaching or reaching 10 mm in length or more ?
(Obviously less than 20 mm long petioles –> _Elaeocarpus kirtonii_ ) .
• Leaves' margins serrations each really small and in general not distinctly serrated IMHO .
• Leaves, many shown have well more than 9 secondary veins per each side of each leaf, circa 12–13–14
(i haven't counted any yet with 15 or more
– which would point to _Elaeocarpus kirtonii_ which i am familiar with from the Illawarra and which looks so much more different again) .
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Also:
• Leaves and petioles and stems appear hairy.
The Flora of NSW botanical key couplet 2 second line, does state: " Mature leaves glabrous, or almost so, on both surfaces, **sometimes young leaves hairy** " .
• Some petioles longer, compared to the proportions of this plant's stem and leaves',
than the previous sighting i commented much on.
Approaching or reaching 10 mm in length or more ?
(Obviously less than 20 mm long petioles –> _Elaeocarpus kirtonii_ ) .
• Leaves' margins serrations each really small and in general not distinctly serrated IMHO .
• Leaves, many shown have well more than 9 secondary veins per each side of each leaf, circa 12–13–14
(i haven't counted any yet with 15 or more
– which would point to _Elaeocarpus kirtonii_ which i am familiar with from the Illawarra and which looks so much more different again) .
...
9 Jun 2025
Happy to confirm this sighting: _Elaeocarpus reticulatus_ .
Even if this has any features suggesting a little genes introgression from other species, as appears a little here,
it looks a small minority.
Even if this has any features suggesting a little genes introgression from other species, as appears a little here,
it looks a small minority.
9 Jun 2025
I forgot to add some measurements.
Petioles: 8-10mm
Leaf length: 10-13cm
Leaf width: 3 cm
I'd say no hairs. The leaf margin serration is small, but clear (see new picture added).
Petioles: 8-10mm
Leaf length: 10-13cm
Leaf width: 3 cm
I'd say no hairs. The leaf margin serration is small, but clear (see new picture added).
9 Jun 2025
Thank you.
Clear enough identification !
Photographs 4 primarily and photograph 1, originals downloaded and viewed at their full resolution show hairs on the leaves undersides, especially mid-ribs.
Yet not anywhere near as hairy as the usually hairy leaves' undersides of trees of _Elaeocarpus holopetalus_ .
Clear enough identification !
Photographs 4 primarily and photograph 1, originals downloaded and viewed at their full resolution show hairs on the leaves undersides, especially mid-ribs.
Yet not anywhere near as hairy as the usually hairy leaves' undersides of trees of _Elaeocarpus holopetalus_ .
Location information
- Coordinates 151.096908-33.077706
- Altitude 289.5m
- Places Mogo Creek, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 8 Jun 2025 03:50 PM Recorded on
- MartinPredavec Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Elaeocarpus reticulatus Scientific name
- Blueberry Ash, Fairy Petticoats Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1229.15m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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