Billardiera fusiformis

Narrow shrubs, climbing in most later stages. Leaves alternate, mainly narrowelliptic. Flowers up to 4, nodding; petals free, elliptic, slightly recurving at the apices, hence flowers not bell-shaped; deep azure blue; paler blues, white and pinks are now also available horticulturally. Stamens with anthers as long or usually much longer than the filaments, the tops joined in a ring around the pistil; fruits berry-like (see Billardiera), purple-green, fairly narrow, spindle-shaped.

WA (mainly inland).

Source: Cayzer, L. (2002). Pittosporaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Sollya fusiformis)

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Apiales
family       Pittosporaceae
genus        Billardiera Sm.