Common Name

Twiggy Sida

Family

Malvaceae

Notes

Shrub to 75cm tall. Branches often spine tipped. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.1-1cm long, 0.75-7mm wide, flat, sparsely hairy to hairy, toothed. Leaves sometimes absent. Flowers yellow, with 5 petals, solitary on short stems arising from the bases of the leaves. Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales pages 489-490

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sida~intricata