Tasmanian Mountain Berries is a photograph by Elaine Teague which was uploaded on November 27th, 2020.
Title
Tasmanian Mountain Berries
Artist
Elaine Teague
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Taken in Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
Tasmannia lanceolata (syn. Drimys lanceolata), commonly known as Tasmanian pepperberry, mountain pepper (Aus), or Cornish pepper leaf (UK), is a shrub native to woodlands and cool temperate rainforest of south-eastern Australia. The shrub varies from 2 to 10 m high. The aromatic leaves are lanceolate to narrow-elliptic or oblanceolate, 4–12 cm long, and 0.7–2.0 cm wide, with a distinctly pale undersurface. Stems are quite red in colour. The small cream or white flowers appear in summer and are followed by black, globose, two-lobed berries 5–8 mm wide, which appear in autumn. There are separate male and female plants.
Originally described by French botanist Jean Louis Marie Poiret, it gained its current name in 1969 by A.C. Smith. It had been known for many years as Drimys lanceolata.
Also known as Tasmanian pepperberry, it is found from Tasmania, northwards through Victoria to Barrington Tops in New South Wales. It is found in gullies in rainforest.
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November 27th, 2020
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Comments (8)
Michaela Perryman
Congratulations, top ten placing in Australian Christmas Plants - in Australian Wildflowers and Native Plants Group - December 2020
Brian Tada
So very beautiful ~ love the colors! Congratulations, Elaine, on your feature in the Australian Wildflowers and Native Plants group!
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