| Common Name: | Tree or Forest Lomatia |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Size: | 2-8m x 1-4m |
| Description: | Upright or rounded small tree or large shrub. |
| Leaves: | Dull green, stiff, leathery elliptic to lance-shaped leaves 6-12cm x 1-3.5cm. Faintly netveined above, yellow-green with silvery silky hairs below. Distant teeth on margins pointed. |
| Flowering: | A spray of very hairy spidery flowers, shorter than leaves, terminal or in upper leaf axils. Winged fruit in a leathery follicle (pod). |
| Flower Colour: | White to cream |
| Flowering Time: | December to February |
| Growing Conditions: | Deep moist well drained mountain soils. Frost and snow tolerant. Semi shade to full shade. |
| Garden Use: | An attractive small tree for a moist sheltered position. Summer flowering is an attraction. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 21 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Australian plant & indigenous nurseries |
| Bird Attracting: | No |
| Butterfly Attracting: | Nectar for butterflies |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | 1, 3 Marilyn Gray ©; 2 Shire of Yarra Ranges photo library |