Blackfellow’s Hemp, Commersonia fraseri, is a fast growing shrub that is often browsed by Wallabies. Butterfly and Moth larvae also feed on the foliage, and the flowers attract a wide variety of pollenating isnects and birds. The white flowers are prominent and easily visible from a distance; so are very effective at attracting anything that flies along a gully.

It is found in moist Eucalypt forests and rainforests along the lower east-coast of Australia.

This example was photographed on the XC Bike track, not far from the carpentry centre at map coordinates 59 500, 19 350.

Click on any of the pictures to download a higher resolution image (T.Hastings September 2009)