Common name: mountain plum pine
Podocarpus lawrencei Hook.f. APNI* Synonyms: Podocarpus alpinus R.Br. ex Mirb. APNI*
Description: Much-branched decumbent or erect shrub 50–100 cm high, rarely a small tree in sheltered positions.
Leaves crowded, obscurely 2-ranked, linear to oblong or narrow-obovate, mostly 5–15 mm long, 2–4 mm wide.
Male cones axillary, cylindrical, 5–10 mm long, solitary or in groups. Female cones axillary. Receptacle of 2 fused fleshy scales, 3–5 mm long, expanding to 6 mm long at maturity and turning bright red, fleshy; seed ovoid, 3–5 mm long, green.
Distribution and occurrence: Often found spreading and creeping extensively over rock outcrops; common at high altitudes in the Southern Alps.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
Text by G. J. Harden & J. Thompson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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