Bursaria spinosa

Low shrub or tree up to c. 8 m high; branches variously spinescent, spines c. 1 cm long, young stems sometimes pubescent. Leaves alternate, those subtending spines often clustered, linear, narrowly ovate, elliptic, or broadly obovate, (4–)20–43 mm long, 2–10 mm wide; both surfaces glabrous or the upper surface glabrescent and densely pubescent below; margins entire or shallowly toothed; apex obtuse, rounded or emarginate. Inflorescence a slender to pyramidal panicle usually c. 3–12 cm long, up to 8 cm long and wide; flowers white or cream; sepals ovate or triangular, 0.5–2 mm long, caducous; petals oblong to narrowly obovate, c. 3–8 mm long; stamens subequal to petals; ovary plus style shortly exceeded by stamens. Capsule obovate to broadly obovate or obcordate, 4–8 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, brown, glabrous; seeds reniform, brown, flat, c. 3–4 mm long.