Bauera sessiliflora

Scrambling or dense wiry shrub to c. 2 m high; young stems hispid, usually with hairs of 2 distinct lengths. Leaflets narrowly elliptic to obovate, 4–15 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, sparsely hispid to scabrous-pubescent; margin entire, or rarely, crenate, slightly recurved. Flowers c. 10–15 mm wide, sessile, axillary, often on very contracted lateral shoots and appearing clustered; sepals 6 or 8, narrowly triangular, 2–3 mm long; petals as many as sepals, narrowly obovate, deep rosy-pink or magenta; stamens up to twice as many as petals, slightly longer than sepals, dark purple; ovary inferior, styles spreading, slightly exceeding stamens and elongating with age. Fruit ovoid, 2–3 mm long, hispid, apparently indehiscent, usually maturing a single smooth, ovoid seed, c. 2 mm long. Flowers mostly Sep.–Dec.