Deciduous woody climber. Leaves opposite; adult leaves biternate to triternate (with 12–15 leaflets); petioles often twining or twisting; ultimate leaflets ovate to oblong, 1.5–4 cm long, coriaceous, glabrescent; margins entire or 2- to 3-lobed. Flowers bisexual, in axillary or terminal panicles, sweetly scented; sepals white, oblong, 0.8–1.4 cm long, ± glabrous except for a tomentose margin; anthers 3–4 mm long with no terminal appendage; staminodes absent. Achenes flattened, ovate, 5–6 mm long, glabrous to appressed-pubescent; awn plumose, 2–5 cm long. Flowers Dec.–Mar.
OtP, Gold, NIS. Native to the Mediterranean region and south-western Asia, grown as an ornamental, sparingly established in Victoria.
