Citation: E. Bennett, Nuytsia 2:197 (1978).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Low shrub; leaves scattered or clustered, obovate to lanceolate, 6-18 x 3-6 mm, glabrous, mid-vein prominent below; spines numerous, slender, 6-10 mm long; stems and panicle densely puberulent to glabrous.

Sepals less than 0.5 mm long, present at anthesis.

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

Distribution:    Qld (far eastern section); N.S.W.; Vic. (southern section). Flowering time: Sept. — Jan.

Biology: Generally the leaves become coriaceous towards the coast and southwards. The variety differs from all other varieties in having obovate leaves.

Author: Not yet available