Billardiera floribunda
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| White-flowered billardiera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: | Billardiera |
| Species: | B. floribunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Billardiera floribunda | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Billardiera floribunda, commonly known as white-flowered billardiera,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a robust twining shrub or climber that has thick, leathery, elliptic leaves and white or pinkish flowers arranged in groups of ten or more.
Billardiera floribunda is a robust, twining shrub or climber with glabrous, reddish-brown stems. The adult leaves are elliptic, thick and leathery, 44–117 mm (1.7–4.6 in) long and 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) wide on a petiole up to 6 mm (0.24 in) long. The flowers are arranged in corymbs of ten or more, the sepals narrowly triangular and 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long. The petals are white or pale pink, turning pink as they age, 17–27 mm (0.67–1.06 in) long and spatula-shaped. Flowering occurs in summer and the mature fruit is a berry 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) long.[2][3]