Shrub to 5m high, often sprawling and branched.
Weed Category: | |
Weed: | No |
Form or habit: | Palm or palm-like plant |
Family: | Laxmanniaceae |
Leaf: | Elliptic, 30–80 x 4–12cm wide, lamina often bent downwards about the middle and irregularly toothed or frayed and often split at apex, base narrowed into inrolled petiole. Petiole 15–45cm long, tubular in section. |
Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
Flower colour: |
White, Mauve |
Flower description: | Panicles 20–40cm long; scape 25–50cm long, becoming pendulous. Pedicels about 0.5mm long. Perianth glabrous, white to mauve, tepals equal, 6–7.5mm long. |
Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
Fruit colour: |
Red |
Fruit: | |
Fruit description: | Red fruit, 0.7–10mm in diameter. |
Habitat: | Open forest, rainforest. |
Distribution | Queensland, New South Wales. |
Food source for: | |
Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
Origin: | Australia. |
Notes: | |
Information sources: | PlantNET (2022) Cordyline petiolaris (Domin) Pedley FloraOnline. |