Citation: R. Br., On Asclepiad. 34 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Desert cynanchum, native pear.

Description:
Shrubs; petioles 1.5-2 cm long; leaves deltoid, cordate or lanceolate, base acuminate, c. 8 cm long, c. 1.5 cm wide.

Inflorescence axillary or terminal, 2-12-flowered; peduncles 4-12 cm long; pedicels 1-2.2 cm long; corolla lobes white inside, pale-green outside, c. 6-7 mm long; tube to c. 2 mm long; corona lobes narrow-acuminate, equal to the corolla lobes; anthers terminating in conspicuous flat membranous appendages.

Follicles usually 1-3, occasionally 6 per peduncle, c. 5 cm long, c. 1.5 cm wide, angular, smooth, straight or curved, tapering to a long beak, base almost truncate; seeds brown, 7-8 mm long, coma to 2.5 cm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 553.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR.   W.Aust.; N.T.; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and follicles: March — Nov.

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

Biology: Specimens from LE region have lanceolate leaves,.from other S.Aust. regions they are usually deltoid or cordate. Fruit edible and astringent, fibres of the bast or inner bark are twisted into strings by the aboriginals.

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