Bertya pinifolia  |  

Bertya pinifolia, Family Euphorbiaceae, is a many-branched shrub growing to 2 m high. Leaves are linear, 25-60 mm long, to 1.5 mm wide, densely hairy and white on the undersurface, have a short stalk, and are sticky when crushed. Separate, small, yellow-green male and female flowers occur singly and have been recorded from July to September. The fruit are dry, about 7 mm long and 3.5 mm wide, and have been recorded in September. Bertya pinifolia seems closely related to B. gummifera, B. granitica and B. recurvata, but differs from these species in having proportionally longer leaves.