Parsonsia induplicata
Thin-Leaved Silkpod
Thin-Leaved Silkpod
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Common name: Thin-Leaved Silkpod
Conservation status: ...
Etymology:
Flowers
Flowers in small open panicles, pedicellate
Corolla lobes 1–1.5 mm long, hood-shaped, erect, bearded at base inside; tube c. 2 mm long
Anther cone with tip exserted; filaments straight
Flowering: spring
Fruit:
Capsule 6–10 cm long, slender
Leaves:
Ovate to narrow-lanceolate, 3–15 cm long, 1–4 cm wide
Apex long-acuminate to a fine point
Margins entire or crenate
Lamina very thin, soft and glabrous; upper surface green, lower surface green or pale brown or purplish when dried
Reticulum mostly invisible, secondary veins interconnecting to form an intramarginal vein
Juvenile leaves often linear and purplish on lower surface
Petiole 3–15 mm long
Stem & branches:
Watery sap
Roots:
Habit:
Slender twiner
Habitat:
Grows in rainforest
Distribution:
Chiefly on the ranges north from Stroud, NSW
Other Australian states: Qld
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