Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Tylophora paniculata

Leaves on stem. Photographer Paul Segal, north of Taree.

Common name

Thin-leaved Tylophora

Family

Apocynaceae

Where found

Forest and forest margins. Coast and ranges north from the Gosford district.

Notes

Twiner to 4 m high. Young stems densely hairy, older stems hairy or more or less hairless. Leaves opposite each other, 3–9 cm long, 15–65 mm wide, thin and soft, more or less hairless except for fine hairs along the main veins and margins, tips with fine points, bases often cordate. Flowers cream, white, or yellow to green, 6–14 mm in diameter, tubular, with 5 very narrow twisted spreading lobes. Flowers in loose, open, many-flowered branched clusters, often longer than the leaves. Flowering: spring–autumn.

Family was Asclepiadaceae. 

PlantNET description with line drawings and photo of dried specimen:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tylophora~paniculata (accessed 5 April 2021)