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Billardiera heterophylla

Botanic Family

Pittosporaceae

Author

(Lindley) L.W. Cayzer & Crisp

Common Names

• Bluebell Creeper
• West Australian Bluebell
• Australian Bluebell Creeper
• Australian Bluebells

Geographical Habitats

• Western Australia - Australia

Natural Habitats

• Coastal. Moist but good drainage. Eucalypt woodland

Flowering Times

• Aug-Nov. Sep-Jan (Aust) early Summer to Autumn Nov-Feb

Fruiting Times

Woody evergreen vine , twiner or trailer, glabrescent new shoots. Glabrescent leaves to 50mm x 20mm. Terminal cymes of up to 10 flowers, 20mm diameter blue, white or pink flowers, sepals to 3mm long, petals to 10mm x 4mm. Purple-green glabrous fruits to 30mm long.

Edible berries

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Wrigley & Fagg 1979
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• ResearchGate