Scientific Name: Melicytus angustifolius subsp. angustifolius Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: estuarine spiky violetbush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Violaceae

Form Description: Spreading to procumbent shrub. Branches bearing slender, pliant spines.

Height (m): 0.3 – 2

Flowers: Flowers cream, usually mauve in the distal half.

Fruit: Berry – maturing bluish-grey to white.

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Habitat Notes

Rare plant of estuarine habitat in northern Tasmania.

General Notes

Bird attracting.

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