Tree Violet (Volcanic Plains Form)

Tree Violet (Volcanic Plains Form)
Tree Violet (Volcanic Plains Form)
Tree Violet (Volcanic Plains Form)

Tree Violet (Volcanic Plains Form)

Melicytus angustifolius

Occurs on rocky outcrops. A squat shrub with rigid spreading branches and thick spines. The fruit is a pale grey berry with purple flecks when mature.

Details Description
Type
Shrub
Group
Violet
Former Scientific Name
Hymenanthera dentata
Identifying Characteristics

This species is similar to Melicytus dentatus however is dense and rounded with very rigid, intermeshed spreading branches and leaves. The leaves are generally smaller than those of Melicytus dentatus. The pale yellow flowers are recurved and may be solitary or in pairs. Flowers mostly July-January.
Distinctive Features

The leaves are 12-22 mm long and 2-5 mm wide. The flowers are bisexual (containg both male and female reproductive organs).
Life Form Group
Shrub
Life Form Codes
Medium Shrub (MS)
EVC types
EVC 132_61: Heavier-soils Plains Grassland
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Melicytus
Species
angustifolius
Tree Violet (Volcanic Plains Form)
Occurs on basalt outcrops on the Victorian Volcanic Plain, extending onto limestone in south-eastern South Australia. Also occurs in Tasmania.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.