Citation: Schltr., Bot. Jb. 21, Beibl. 54:8 (1896).

Synonymy: Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Aust. 202 (1838).

Common name: Balloon cotton-bush.

Description:
Erect shrub, 1-2 m high; stems densely pubescent; leaves petiolate, decussate, linear-lanceolate, mucronate, 7-10 cm long, 0.3-1 cm wide.

Umbels 4-12-flowered; peduncle 3-4 cm long, erect; pedicel 2-3.5 cm long, deflexed in fruit; corolla lobes white, ciliate; corona lobes curved upwards.

Follicle erect on a deflexed pedicel, with soft spines c. 1 cm long; seed ovate, flat, c. 5 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, with a coma c. 3.5 cm long.

Distribution:    Qld.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: summer.

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

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