Habitat: bank, clay, cliff, coast, dry, flat , gravel, hill, lake margin, lowland, margin, open, ridge, roadside, rock outcrop, sand, shaded, sheltered, shrubland, silt, slope, stone, terrace, track, unstable/eroded

Dispersal: Seed

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a large woody tree up to 25 m high with spreading branches and stout hairy branchlets.
  • its leaves are opposite, thick,with dense white hairs beneath, and up to 10 cm long.
  • its inflorescence is a rounded cyme and the flowers have conspicuous crimson stamens 3-4 cm long.
  • its capsules are 7-9 mm long, covered with dense with greyish hairs, and contain numerous minute seeds.
 Images
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Image: Murray Dawson © Landcare Research / Murray Dawson
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.