Citation: Smith, Sp. Bot. New Holl. 1:t. 1 (1793) var. scandens.

Synonymy: Labillardiera scandens (Smith)Schultes in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5:330 (1819); B. canariensis Wendl., Bot. Beob. 43 (1798); B. mutabilis Salisb., Parad. Lond. t. 48 (1806); L. mutabilis (Salisb.)Schultes in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5:330 (1819); B. angustifolia DC., Prod. 1:345 (1824); B. daphnoides Knowles & Westc., Fl. Cab. 2:60 (1838); B. latifolia Putted. in Endl. & Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec. 47 (1839); B. brachyantha F. Muell. ex Klatt, Linnaea 28:571 (1857); B. scandens Smith var. brachyantha (F. Muell. ex Klatt) Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:124 (1863).

Common name: None

Description:
Scrambling plant to 3 m tall; leaves alternate, sessile or shortly petiolate, linear to ovate-lanceolate, 12-60 x 2-15 mm, entire or crenate, more or less lobed, upper surface glabrous to scattered-pubescent, lower surface sparsely to densely pubescent.

Flowers solitary, occasionally 2 or 3 together, drooping; sepals lanceolate to linear, 6-10 mm long, sparsely pilose; petals greenish-yellow to cream, becoming purple with age, free, 12-22 x 2-6 mm; ovary 4-6 X 1 mm, glabrous to densely white-pubescent.

Fruit a berry, glabrous to densely pubescent, dark-green, 13-40 x 5-13 mm; seeds embedded in flesh, 2.5-3.5 mm, brown, rugose or verrucose where not in contact with other seeds.

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 368.

Distribution:    Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. A second variety occurs in Qld and N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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