Scientific Name:
Podocarpus lawrencei
( syn.
P. alpinus
)
Pronunciation:
poe-doe-KAR-pus law-RENS-ee-eye
Common Name:
Tasmanian podocarp
Family Name:
Podocarpaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Leaves crowed, sessile, linear-spatulate, 4-16mm long x 1.5-2.5(-5)mm wide, dull green, lower surface with gray stomatal bands on either side of midrib; pollen cones catkin-like, purplish-red maturing to yellow, 7-15mm long; seed cones berry-like in leaf axils, greenwith bright red resceptacle; seeds solitary ovoid, 3-6mm long. Conifers.org
Habit:
Dense, Spreading
Form:
Mounded, Round
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
1.3 - 2.0m
Mature Spread:
1.5 - 2.0m
Growth Rate:
Slow
Origin:
Australia / New Zealand (Tasmania, N.S. Wales)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate, Low
Landscape Uses:
Attract birds, Mixed shrub border, Rock garden
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Needle-like
Arrangement:
Alternate, Spiraled, Sessile
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Summer:
Bluish, Dark-green, Dark green with cast of blue, new growth is red
Shapes:
Falcate, Linear, Oblong, Spatulate
Apices:
Acute, Cuspidate
Bases:
Decurrent
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Dioecious plant
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Yellow, Red
Flower Time at Peak:
Additional Info:
The male strobilus is catkin-like
Fruit Type:
Edible
Fruit Colour:
Green, Red
Fruiting Time:
Oct, Nov
Additional Info:
Showy, Accessory tissue, Edible, Drupe-like with a fleshy receptacle
Bark Morphology:
Smooth
Bark or Stem Colour:
Brown
Organ Modifications:
Root nodules (N-fixing)
Propagation:
Cuttings
