Billardiera nesophila
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| Billardiera nesophila | |
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| On South Bruny Island | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: | Billardiera |
| Species: | B. nesophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Billardiera nesophila | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Billardiera nesophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a slender, twining shrub that has narrowly elliptic leaves and pendent yellowish-green flowers that turn canary yellow as they age.
Billardiera nesophila is a slender twining shrub that sometimes climbs to a height of 5 m (16 ft). The adult leaves are narrowly elliptic, 24–53 mm (0.94–2.09 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide on a petiole 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. The upper surface of the leaves is glossy green, the lower surface paler, and the edges of the leaves are turned slightly downwards. The flowers are arranged singly on slender, down-turned peduncles up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long. The sepals are egg-shaped, pinkish-mauve and joined at the base, the lobes up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The petals are yellowish-green, turning canary yellow as they age, 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in) long, the petal lobes spatula-shaped and spreading. Flowering occurs in spring and the mature fruit is a glossy, bluish-purple berry less than 15 mm (0.59 in) long, containing many seeds.[2]