Backhousia
Brush myrtle (Backhousia myrtifolia) drops these flower-like fruits in January. They look surprisingly like the fruits of the two Ceratopetalum species, coachwood and Christmas bush, even though they belong to different plant families
In a moist season, these fruits will germinate to give seedlings (insert) that have lobed cotyledons, somewhat similar to a eucalyptus, but with more obvious veins. The true leaves are opposite on the stem.
Brush myrtle is more resistant to frost than most rainforest seedlings, so it makes a good pioneer plant for open sites in valley bottoms, where frosts settle.
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