Leptomeria drupacea, also known as the pale currant bush, is an endemic Australian hemi-parasitic erect shrub. It occurs commonly in dry woodlands across Tasmania Australia and in some parts of Victoria and Queensland. It has long yellowish-green slender branchlets that often give a broom-like appearance.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pale Currant Bush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Santalaceae
- Genus
- Leptomeria
- Species
- Leptomeria drupacea
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