Leafless Cherry: Fruit & New Stem

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Sandalwoods (Santalales)

Family:

Sandalwood (Santalaceae)

Species:

Leafless Cherry (Exocarpos aphyllus)

This Photo:

Fruit & New Stem

Synonym:

Exocarpus aphyllus

Other names:

Currant Bush, Jointed Cherry, Leafless Ballart, Naked Lady or Stiff Cherry

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges, the Riverland and elsewhere
Literally, no leaves, just green stems that are similar to the wait-a-while leaf.
A small tree rather than a bush in some situations.

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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