Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Parsonsia straminea
Common name
Common Silkpod, Monkey Rope
Family
Apocynaceae
Where found
Forest, heath, shrubland, along streams, rocky areas, and coastal headlands. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Notes
Woody vine to 30 m high, climbing by climbing roots and twining stems. Stems densely hairy. Leaves opposite each other. Adult leaves 4–24 cm long, 15–80 mm wide, (larger in shade leaves). Adult leaves leathery to stiff, thick, yellowish green, hairless or hairy; lower surface glaucous; reticulation distinct, bases rounded or cordate, tips usually pointed,. Juvenile leaves 1–5 cm long, thin, purple on the lower surface, bases cordate. Flowers cream to pale yellowish brown or pink with whitish or pinkish patches towards the throat, tubular, the tube about 3 mm long, with 5 lobes each 4–5 mm long, spreading to curved down. Flowers in many-flowered branched clusters. Flowering: most of the year.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Parsonsia~straminea (accessed 30 January, 2021)
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