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Brush Muttonwood

Myrsine howittiana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 63, February 47, March 50, April 71, May 76, June 51, July 41, August 53, September 87, October 43, November 65, December 68.
Australia715
Victoria485
New South Wales177
Queensland50
Other Territories3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyprimrose family · Primulaceae
GenusColicwood · Myrsine

Study it in a deck

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Brush Muttonwood with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.