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Home Home » TYPES » Shrubs » Phymaspermum acerosum leaves and buds
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Phymaspermum acerosum leaves and buds

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The alternate, mostly stalkless leaves of Phymaspermum acerosum are variable, long and narrowly linear, from simple to seven-segmented and sometimes channelled. Leaf dimensions are about 45 mm long and less than 1 mm wide.

A large gland-like swelling is present on the lower surface of the leaf midrib. The often-curving leaf segments may be rigid or soft and sparsely hairy, the segment tips abruptly pointed. 

Pale, yellow-green flowerheads, nearly globular, can be seen in picture on a young side-branch emerging above the stem-leaves. Leaves on side-shoots appear miniaturised (Pooley, 1998; Onderstall, 1984; iNaturalist).

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