Beyeria opaca
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| Smooth wallaby-bush | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Beyeria |
| Species: | B. opaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Beyeria opaca | |
Beyeria opaca, commonly known as smooth wallaby-bush,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a perennial shrub with sticky leaves, yellowish sepals and grows in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.
Beyeria opaca is an upright perennial shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high. Leaves initially yellowish green turning dark grey as they age. The leaves and branches sticky, leaves 1–15 mm (0.039–0.591 in) long, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide, oblong to wedge-shaped, shiny green on upper surface, pale underneath, hairless, tapering at the base, margins flat or curved. Male flowers in a small cluster of 1-3, sepals yellow to brown, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long, female flowers solitary, sepals greenish, shorter on a peduncle 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. Flowering occurs mainly in spring and the fruit is an ovoid, flattened capsule, usually 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long.[2][3][4][5]