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Atherosperma moschatum
About
Atherosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Atherospermataceae. Its only species is Atherosperma moschatum, commonly known as black sassafras, Australian sassafras, southern sassafras, native sassafras or Tasmanian sassafras. It is a shrub to conical tree and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has densely hairy young branchlets, flowers and the lower surface of the leaves. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, sometimes with toothed edges, the flowers perfumed and white to cream, and the fruit is an achene.
- Family
- Atherospermataceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Atherosperma moschatum
- Slug
- atherosperma-moschatum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Atherospermataceae
- Genus
- Atherosperma
- Species
- moschatum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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