Felted Wallaby-bush: Female Flower

Felted Wallaby-bush (Beyeria lechenaultii)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Shrubs & Bushes

Order:

Malpighiales

Family:

Spurge (Euphorbiaceae)

Species:

Felted Wallaby-bush (Beyeria lechenaultii)

This Photo:

Female Flower

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Very similar to the Smooth Wallaby-bush.
Leaves are thicker and slightly curved (so they "wrap around" on the back instead of being flat). Branches are more orange.
The most striking difference is the red buds & "petals" on the flowers.
We only have a few of these compared to an abundance of Smooth.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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