Polyscias sambucifolia subsp. 1

Published in: Henwood et al. 1999

Henwood, M.J.; Makinson, R.O.; Maling, K.L. (1999). Araliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae‍, pp. 243–256. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Small tree or shrub to c. 6 m high. Leaves once-pinnate, 5–30 cm long; leaflets 5–11, commonly petiolulate, occasionally subtended by a stipel, ovate or elliptic to broadly elliptic, (6–)9–20 cm long, (2–)3–11(–17) cm wide. Inflorescence commonly branched to third order. Flowers Nov.–Feb.

GipP, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, Strz, MonT, HFE, VAlp. Also NSW. Grows in wet sclerophyll forest and in warm- and cool-temperate rainforest, between c. 100 and 1000 m altitude, east from the Dandenong Ranges.

This is the nominate subspecies.

Source:

Henwood, M.J.; Makinson, R.O.; Maling, K.L. (1999). Araliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae‍, pp. 243–256. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 19 Nov. 2019