Billardiera ovalis

Billardiera ovalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a woody, creeping scrambler with thick, egg-shaped or elliptic leaves, and creamy-yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils, but turning red as they age.

Description
Billardiera ovalis is a woody, creeping scrambler with shaggy-hairy new shoots. Its leaves are clustered on short side-shoots and are spatula-shaped at first, later egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic, 16–24 mm long, about 5 mm wide and more or less sessile. The leaves are thick, both surfaces pale green and waxy, streaked with purplish-red on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged singly on hairy peduncles 8–9 mm long. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped, reddish-purple and overlap each other, 2.0–2.5 mm long and about 1.5 mm wide. The petals are creamy-yellow, turning wine red as they age, and less than 20 mm long. Flowering occurs in summer and the mature fruit is usually a bright red, egg-shaped berry about 10 mm long.

Taxonomy
Billardiera ovalis was first formally described in 1834 by John Lindley in Edwards's Botanical Register. The specific epithet (ovalis) means "oval" or "elliptic".

Distribution and habitat
This species of billardiera grows in scrub on coastal dolerite from King Island to south-eastern Tasmania.