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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Family: Pittosporaceae
Bursaria spinosa var. lanceolata

Citation: E. Bennett, Nuytsia 2:195 (1978).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Low to medium shrub, usually.less than 2 m tall; leaves lanceolate, 25-70 X 3-9 mm.

Sepals deciduous, c. 0.5 mm long; petals 2.5-4 x c. 1 mm; stamens 3-4.5 mm long, exceeding the petals.

image of FSA1_Bursaria_spi_lan.jpg Bursaria spinosa var. lanceolata twig.
Image source: fig 233e in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Flowering time: Oct. — Feb.

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: This variety differs from var. macrophylla in shrub size, the narrower leaves and the stamens exceeding the petals. However the shorter leaved var. macrophylla may be difficult to distinguish from the larger leaved var. lanceolata when only the flowers and leaves are seen.

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