Bursaria reevesii
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| Bursaria reevesii | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: | Bursaria |
| Species: | B. reevesii |
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| Bursaria reevesii | |
Bursaria reevesii is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to a few places near Marlborough in Queensland. It is an erect or sprawling shrub with spiny side-shoots, egg-shaped adult leaves with the narrower end towards the base, flowers with five white petals, and rounded fruit.
Bursaria reevesii is an erect or sprawling, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft), its young side-shoots armed with spines. New growth has elliptic leaves clustered around the spiny side-shoots, the edges of the leaves toothed. Adult growth has fewer spines and egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 16–30 mm (0.63–1.18 in) long and 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) wide on a petiole 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The flowers are white and arranged in small groups, each flower on a pedicel4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long with paired bracts at the base. The sepals are 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long and spread from the base and the five petals are white, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and also spread from the base. Flowering mostly occurs in April and May and the fruit is a rounded capsule 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) in diameter.[2]