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This is a small deciduous shrub with thorns and twisty stems.
The petals can be pink or white, overlapping, about 70 mm across. The blossoms are in clusters of 2 to 5.
For height, we've seen them climbing up through trees to over 4 m.
Flowers.
Mar-May.
Size.
3 m (v-tall)
Flower Blossom.
70 mm.
Leaves.
Sharply toothed elliptical, opposed opposites, with an end leaf.
Habitat.
Woodlands and scrub land.
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