Common name: Shining Anchor Plant
Discaria nitida Tortosa APNI* 
Description: Shrub 2–5 m high, spiny, leaves not falling early. Spines 8–18 mm long, green, stems usually reddish brown.
Leaves 10–25 mm long, usually entire; stipules 0.6–1.2 mm long.
Flowers c. 3 mm diam., clustered, up to 10 at some nodes; pedicels 5–10 mm long.
Capsule 4–5 mm diam., pedicels 10–15 mm long; few fruits develop at each node.
Distribution and occurrence: In rocky situations, usually along streams in sand or gravel, sometimes on limestone; in the Snowy Mtns above 1000 m alt., from the Cooleman Caves area through to Cobungra in Vic. This rare species is sometimes locally common.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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