Family: Pittosporaceae
Billardiera uniflora
Citation:
E. Bennett, Nuytsia 2:190 (1978).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Twiner or creeper to 1 m tall; leaves alternate, linear to narrow-lanceolate, entire or crenate, acute, 14-50 x 1-9 mm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, margins closely revolute.
Flowers solitary or occasionally 2 or 3 together, drooping or erect; sepals ovate-lanceolate, .2-6 x 0.5-1 mm, glabrous or ciliate; petals free, cream or white, occasionally suffused with purple, lanceolate, 12-16 mm long, ciliate, acuminate; ovary 9-11 x c. 1 mm, glabrous or hirsute.
Fruit a berry, 30-40 x 9-13 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; seeds brown, 2-3 mm long, smooth to more or less reticulate.
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Image source: fig 232d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: EP, SL, KI.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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