Scientific Name: Discaria pubescens

Common Name: spiky anchorplant

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Rhamnaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Thorny shrub with green branches, covered with small white hairs. The smaller branches are reduced to solid 2.5-4cm long spines. Leaves are 10cm long, flat and wedge-shaped, with serrated edges and a blunt tip.

Height (m): 0.3 – 0.9

Flowers: Flowers are small and cream, and borne in the leaf axils underneath the spiky branches.

Fruit: Capsule – round, 3-4mm in diameter.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
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Habitat Notes

Grassy banks and roadsides, sandy or gravelly soil and clefts amongst fractured dolerite rocks and flood channels, on the Central Plateau and near Launceston.

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Propagation Method
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Seed Information