Callicarpa pedunculata

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots > Asterids > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Callicarpa pedunculata

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Plant  information

Common name:                Velvet leaf  

Conservation status:  Least concern

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• The inflorescences are 2 to 3 cm long, and sometimes inserted a little above leaf axil

• The flowers have stalks which are 0.5 to 1 mm long,

• The calyx 1 to 1.5 mm long, and the purple or mauve corolla is 2 to 3 mm long

Fruit:                         

• Whitish to purple berries that are drupes

• The fruit is astringent and too acidic to be eaten by people

Leaves:         

• The twigs, the petioles and the underside of the leaf blade have a covering of stalked stellate hairs

• The upper surface of the leaf has a covering of stellate and simple hairs which become sparse when older

• The Leaf blades are about 6-18 x 3-6 cm

• There are small, pale yellow, glands on the underside of the leaf

• The bottom part of the leaf has smooth margins but the remainder is toothed

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A shrub or small tree growing from 3 to 4 m high

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• Native to both Queensland and NSW

Additional notes:     

• It is grown as an ornamental shrub

• It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callicarpa_pedunculata (2023)

• https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=12453 (Feb 2024)