Bursaria incana
(Mock orange, Prickly pine)
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FAMILY |
Pittosporaceae |
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Species |
Bursaria incana |
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Common name(s)e |
Mock orange, Prickly pine |
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Flower colour; life form |
White, tree |
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Campus |
Townsville |
Description
A native tree commonly found in dry woodland, it has spines on the stem until it is 1-2 m tall. The leaves vary in size from about 1 cm long to about 3 cm long on plants that are 2-3 m tall, the narrow leaves are whitish on the undersurface because of hairs. The white 5-petalled flowers are borne in erect panicles on the end of branches. The fruit is a 2-valved flattened brown capsule. Flowering February – March.
