Doryphora sassafras

Doryphora sassafras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Atherospermataceae
Genus: Doryphora
Species:
D. sassafras
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.

Habit in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Leaf
  1. ^ "Doryphora sassafras". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ Foreman, Donald B.; Whiffin, Trevor J. "Doryphora sassafras". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 14 May 2024.