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- an upright, or sometimes climbing, prickly shrub forming dense thickets and growing 1-3 m tall.
- its stems are smooth, but armed with scattered prickles (10-15 mm long).
- its leaves are compound, with 5-7 leaflets that have sharply toothed margins.
- its sweetly-scented flowers (20-50 mm across) have five pink or white petals and are borne on stalks that are covered in sticky hairs.
- its fruit is an oval or egg-shaped fleshy capsule (15-20 mm long) that turns orange or red in colour as it matures.
- the fruit often have scattered bristles or small spines near their bases.
[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia]
References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.