African Boxthorn
Thought was Sweet Bursaria
Shrubby Twinleaf
Drying (yellow)
| African Boxthorn Thought was Sweet Bursaria | | Shrubby Twinleaf Drying (yellow) | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Shrubs & Bushes | |||
| Order: | Creosote Bushes (Zygophyllales) | ||||
| Family: | Caltrop (Zygophyllaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Shrubby Twinleaf (Roepera aurantiaca) | ||||
| This Photo: | Flowering | ||||
| Synonym: | Zygophyllum aurantiacum | ||||
| Other names: | Biarpiti or Native Hop | ||||
Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere A hardy plant that has beautiful yellow flowers, with 4 petals. Twinleaf refers to the fact the leaves always branch off, in the middle, into 2 leaflets. Leaves are dark green and succulent, but much more cylindrical than the pointed twinleaf. It has large, winged, pale green fruit. Biarpiti grub (Endoxyla biarpiti) larvae feed on the roots of this plant. The aboriginal name of this plant is Biarpiti, ergo Biarpiti grubs. | |||||
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