How to identify Scrub Beefwood
Identify Scrub Beefwood by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Willow-like narrow leaves.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Umbel.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-April.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stenocarpus salignus
- Genus
- Stenocarpus
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-April
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“Leaves are alternate, simple entire, ovate to lanceolate or elliptic.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are alternate, simple entire, ovate to lanceolate or elliptic.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- UndulaterecordedA wavy, rippled edge.“The leaves are wavy edged, with between one and three main longitudinal veins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Scrub Beefwood itself; the rest are typical of the Proteaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“In October to January, white fragrant flowers form in umbels, similar to the flowers of the related Grevillea.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“In October to January, white fragrant flowers form in umbels, similar to the flowers of the related Grevillea.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- FolliclerecordedA dry pod that splits open along a single seam.“This is followed by the development of the seed pods which are narrow follicles, 5 to 10 cm (2.0 to 3.9 in) long, green initially and maturing to a brown colour.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Scrub Beefwood itself; the rest are typical of the Proteaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Scrub Beefwood
Scrub Beefwood (Stenocarpus salignus) is a tree in the Proteaceae family. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to April.
Proteaceae
Protea/Grevillea family
Scrub Beefwood belongs to the Proteaceae family.
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