Family: Pittosporaceae
Bursaria spinosa var. australis
Citation:
E. Bennett, Nuytsia 2:195 (1978).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Low to medium shrub; leaves clustered, narrowly lanceolate, 6-30 X 2-4 mm (of varying length in each cluster), more or less recurved.
Sepals deltoid, 0.5-1 mm long, present at anthesis; petals linear, c. 5 X c. 1.5 mm.
| Bursaria spinosa var. australis twig.
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Image source: fig 233f in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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| Bursaria spinosa var. australis flower.
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Image source: fig 233b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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N.S.W. (central section); Vic. (north-western section).
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Flowering time: mainly Oct. — Feb.
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Biology:
This variety differs from the typical in the larger petals, shape and clustering of the leaves.
Author:
Not yet available
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