Exocarpos sparteus

Broom-like shrub or small tree to c. 6 m high, multi-stemmed, glabrous, yellowish-green; branchlets slender, often pendulous, striate. Leaves alternate, linear-subulate, 2–10 mm long, triquetrous, uncinate, somewhat persistent. Inflorescences short, dense spikes to 16 mm long in uppermost leaf axils, usually only 1 flower per spike fertile; peduncle 1–2 mm long; rachis pubescent. Tepals 5, triangular-ovate, c. 0.5 mm long, obtuse, yellow or golden-brown, persistent. Fruiting receptacle depressed-globose, 2–3 mm long, pink or red, edible; drupe more or less ellipsoid, 3–5 mm long, succulent, orange, red-brown to almost black. Flowers mainly spring and autumn (but spasmodically throughout the year).