''Billardiera coriacea'' is a twining shrub or climber in the family
Pittosporaceae and native to the south-west of
Western Australia.
It grows on
lateritic
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
soils and clay. Its white-cream-yellow, or purple flowers may be seen from May to November.
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Like other members of the genus '']Billardiera
''Billardiera'' is a genus of small vines and shrubs in the family, ''Pittosporaceae'', which is endemic to Australia. The genus was first formally described in 1793 by botanist James Edward Smith who named it in honour of Jacques Labillardière ...
'', the flowers are 5-merous and hermaphroditic, with a perianth consisting of a distinct calyx and corolla, and with anthers which shed their pollen via a longitudinal slit.[ The ovary is superior and has parietal placentation.][
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References
External links
For images: Esperance wildflowers ''Billardiera coriacea''
coriacea
Flora of Western Australia
Taxa named by George Bentham
Plants described in 1863
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