Marianthus granulatus
Marianthus granulatus
Family Pittosporaceae
About
Marianthus granulatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the southwest of Western Australia. It is a twining shrub or climber with often clustered, egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves and pale blue flowers with darker blue spots and yellow streaks, arranged in groups of three to five.
How to spot it
Marianthus granulatus is a twining shrub or climber with silky-hairy, warty new shoots. Its adult leaves are egg-shaped to heart-shaped and often clustered, 20–45 mm (0.79–1.77 in) long and 8–18 mm (0.31–0.71 in) wide on a petiole up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The flowers are borne in groups of three to five on hairy peduncle 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in) long with bracts up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The sepals are linear, blue and silky-hairy, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long. The five petals are pale blue with d
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Porongurup National Park — Albany & the Great Southern, WA hikes