Box Micrantheum at Currowan, NSW
Identification history
| Micrantheum hexandrum | 15 Sep 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Unverified | 8 Sep 2025 | UserCqoIFqhZ |
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?Leptospermum sp. collected as a cutting in 2021, before Waterfall Rd logged. Now in flower for the first time.
3 comments
UserCqoIFqhZ
wrote:
15 Sep 2025
Dear Tapirlord, Thank you for your identification of Micrantheum, as I had no idea where to begin. However, with the greatest respect, I would query the species identification. The flowers are very small and mostly singly, or in twos, along the stem. They do not look like the flower clusters on M. hexandrum as shown on Naturemapr. The three tiny "petals" look much more like the illustrations of M. ericoides. The cluster of 4 buds in my photo is perhaps misleading as most of the flowers are singles or pairs, often spread along the stem.
Tapirlord
wrote:
16 Sep 2025
Hi UserCqoIFqhZ. You are more than welcome to query an identification or ask for some advice :). I reviewed your photos against the key and the plant you have is definitely M.hexandrum for the following reasons.
1) The flower shown posses 7-8 stamens as opposed to 3 in M.ericoides (That's the key feature)
2) Some but not all branches appear pubescent and the leaves are glabrous
3) You've listed the plant height as over a metre which is more consistent with the tall-tree like M.hexandrum rather than M.ericoides which is a smaller heath-esc plant.
I find that coastal specimens of M.hexandrum tend to grow taller and more scraggly than there counterparts where I am which are shorter and more robust. Perhaps this explains what you are observing. Hope this helps!
1) The flower shown posses 7-8 stamens as opposed to 3 in M.ericoides (That's the key feature)
2) Some but not all branches appear pubescent and the leaves are glabrous
3) You've listed the plant height as over a metre which is more consistent with the tall-tree like M.hexandrum rather than M.ericoides which is a smaller heath-esc plant.
I find that coastal specimens of M.hexandrum tend to grow taller and more scraggly than there counterparts where I am which are shorter and more robust. Perhaps this explains what you are observing. Hope this helps!
Location information
- Coordinates 150.068197-35.542731
- Places Currowan, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Sep 2025 12:57 PM Recorded on
- UserCqoIFqhZ Recorded by
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UserCqoIFqhZ NatureMapr South Coast Micrantheum hexandrum Other Shrubs Plants
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Less than 5mm Flower size
Species information
- Micrantheum hexandrum Scientific name
- Box Micrantheum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1218.49m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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