Citation: Don, Gen. Hist. 1:485 (1831).

Synonymy: Hibiscus patersonii Andrews, Bot. Rep. 4:t. 286 (1803). , Hibiscus patersonius

Common name: Pyramid tree, cowitch tree, Norfolk Island hibiscus, itchy powder tree.

Description:
Erect tree with branches along most of the trunk, usually narrowly pyramidal, usually 10-12 m high; bark rough with small fissures, dark-grey; leaves lanceolate to broad-elliptic or ovate, dull, green above, white-scaly below, the blades usually 4-12 x 2.5-5 cm, on petioles 1-3 cm long.

Peduncles 1-2 cm long, usually conspicuously articulated at or near the base, occasionally 2-flowered; corolla 3-4.5 cm long, usually about three times as long as the calyx, tomentose outside.

Fruits ovoid or ellipsoid, greenish at first but becoming brown-grey, densely tomentose, 2-4 cm long; seeds reddish-brown.

	Lagunaria patersonii
Image source: fig 436b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Holliday & Hill (1969) A field guide to Australian trees, p. 173.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, SL, KI.   native to Qld; N.S.W.; Lord Howe Island; Norfolk Island. Commonly grown as a garden tree. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: spring — autumn.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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