Doryphora sassafras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Atherospermataceae |
Genus: | Doryphora |
Species: | D. sassafras
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Binomial name | |
Doryphora sassafras |
Doryphora sassafras, commonly known as sassafras, yellow sassafras, golden deal or golden sassafras,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Southern Sassafras Family Atherospermataceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub to tree with elliptic or egg-shaped leaves and contrasting white flowers which occur in autumn and winter.