Myoporum brevipes
Myoporum brevipes, commonly known as the pale myoporum, is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is sometimes a prostrate, others an erect shrub. Its branches and leaves are warty and it has white or pink flowers, often spotted, followed by succulent white fruits. It generally grows in arid areas in South Australia but has also been found in Victoria and Western Australia.
Description
Myoporum brevipes is a shrub, sometimes prostrate, others erect and spreading. It grows to a height of high and has wart-like tubercles covering its branches and leaves. The leaves are arranged alternately and are thick, often fleshy, long, wide. They are variable in shape but often egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base.The flowers are arranged in groups of 1 to 5 in the axils of the leaves and have 5 sepals and 5 white or pink petals joined at their base to form a tube and often spotted with pink or purple. The tube is long and the lobes are long and warty. There are 4 stamens which extend beyond the petals. Flowering occurs between October and February and is followed by white fruits which are drupes, in diameter and oval or roughly spherical in shape.