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| Smooth wallaby-bush | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Beyeria |
| Species: | B. opaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Beyeria opaca | |
Beyeria opaca, commonly known as smooth wallaby-bush,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a perennial shrub with sticky leaves, yellowish sepals and grows in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.
Description
[edit]Beyeria opaca is an upright perennial shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high. Leaves initially yellowish green turning dark grey as they age. The leaves and branches sticky, leaves 1–15 mm (0.039–0.591 in) long, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide, oblong to wedge-shaped, shiny green on upper surface, pale underneath, hairless, tapering at the base, margins flat or curved. Male flowers in a small cluster of 1-3, sepals yellow to brown, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long, female flowers solitary, sepals greenish, shorter on a peduncle 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. Flowering occurs mainly in spring and the fruit is an ovoid, flattened capsule, usually 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
[edit]Beyeria opaca was first formally described in 1854 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria.[6][7]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Smooth wallaby-bush grows on sand dunes, sand plains and red sandy clay in South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Beyeria opaca". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- 1 2 Kutsche, Frank; Lay, Brendan; Croft, Tim; Kellermann, Jurgen (2013). Plants of Outback South Australia. Adelaide: State Herbarium of South Australia. p. 178. ISBN 9781922027603.
- ↑ James, T.A.; Harden, G.J. "Beyeria opaca". PlantNET-New South Wales Flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ "Beyeria opaca". Florabase-the Western Australia flora. Florabase—the Western Australian flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Beyeria opaca". Flora SA. South Australia Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1854). "Beyeria opaca". Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria. 1: 16. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ "Beyeria opaca". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Beyeria opaca". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 29 January 2026.