

Sweet Bursaria
Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa
Erect small tree to 6 m and 2-3 m wide with spiny branch tips. Flowers white or creamy. Shiny narrow dark green leaves. Fruit a flattened papery capsule, bronze when mature.
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Flora Type | Shrubs |
Other Common Names | Prickly Box, Kurwan, Tupy |
Distinctive Features | Masses of sweet-smelling creamy flowers at the end of the branches. The papery bronze cup-shaped seed capsules (bursa = purse) are distinctive. |
Biology | Perennial. Widespread on well-drained soils in grasslands, woodlands and dry forests. |
Native Status | Native |
Flowering Time | Dec-Mar |