Billardiera fraseri
Meaning of name: Billardiera honours Jacques Julien Houton de la Billardiere (1755 – 1834), the botanist on the Bruni d’Entrecasteaux’s 1791-1794 voyage. Fraseri honours Charles Fraser (1788 – 1831), first superintendent of the Sydney botanical gardens and colonial botanist.
Distribution: Occurs from Muchea to Cape Le Grand.
Remarks: A twining shrub. The flowers are produced in January and February.
References: Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.
Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.
This plant either sprawls along the ground or twines through other plants.
The fruit of Billardiera fraseri.
The flowers can be white or pale blue.
