Malvaceae FAMILY

Commersonia dasyphylla

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Commersonia dasyphylla is an erect, spreading, evergreen shrub that can grow around 1 - 4 metres tall[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. , 1891 Title A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae) Publication Australian Systematic Botany, 2012 , 25 , 81 Author Wilkins C.F. & Whitlock B.A. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SB10031_CO Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - eastern Queensland, New South Wales and eastern Victoria.

HabitatFound in open eucalyptus forest, melaleuca forest, or allocasuarina woodland, in granite or rhyolite rock outcrops on steep slopes, often near creek banks, in sandy soil.s[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. , 1891 Title A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae) Publication Australian Systematic Botany, 2012 , 25 , 81 Author Wilkins C.F. & Whitlock B.A. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SB10031_CO Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. Found especially in gullies[ 265 Title Flora of the Sydney Region Publication Author Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Publisher Reed. Australia. Year 1993 ISBN 0730104001 Description Concise flora with little beyond an extensive key, species descriptions, very brief habitat description. ] up to the alpine zone[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ].