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Lomatia myricoides
Also called River Lomatia
Longleaf Lomatia (Lomatia myricoides) is a shrub or small tree from south-eastern Australia, usually 2 to 5 m tall, grown mainly in gardens where it is uncommon. It does best in semi-shade with consistent moisture, like the riverbank and montane forests it comes from.
Lomatia myricoides, commonly known as river lomatia, mountain beech or long-leaf lomatia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with simple, linear leaves, groups of white, cream-coloured or greenish-yellow flowers, and dark greyish-brown follicles.
Not commonly seen in cultivation, Lomatia myricoides grows in semi-shade in situations with some moisture. It appears to tolerate Phytophthora cinnamomi.
Joseph Maiden reported that its wood was light and hard, and easily worked.
The range is from the New South Wales Central Coast south into eastern Victoria to the Dandenong Ranges. Lomatia myricoides is found in moist sheltered areas such as riverbank forests and montane forest, on loamy or sandy alluvial, or on basalt-derived soils. Associated species along watercourses include watergum (Tristaniopsis laurina), grey myrtle (Backhousia myrtifolia), cedar wattle (Acacia elata), coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum), tantoon (Leptospermum polygalifolium) and coral fern (Gleichenia dicarpa). Montane trees that L. myricoides grows as an understory with include broad-leaved manna gum (Eucalyptus mannifera), broad-leaved peppermint (E. dives), as well as the shrubs daphne heath (Brachyloma daphnoides) and prickly broom heath (Monotoca scoparia).
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
