Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla

Shrub c. 0.5–3 m high; branches variably spinescent, spines usually c. 1 cm long, young stems pubescent. Leaves alternate, those subtending spines often clustered, narrowly to broadly obovate, 4–30 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, entire, rarely shallowly toothed, thickish, glabrous or glabrescent on upper surface, densely white, grey or yellowish beneath. Inflorescence a slender to pyramidal panicle usually c. 3–10 cm long, up to c. 8 cm wide; flowers white or cream; sepals triangular to ovate, 0.5–2 mm long, caducous; petals narrowly obovate, c. 3–6 mm long; stamens subequal to petals; ovary glabrous or pubescent. Capsule obovate to broadly obovate, 4–7 mm long, 5–8 mm wide, brown, finally glabrous; seeds reniform, brown, flat, c. 3–4 mm long. Flowers Nov.–Feb.