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Colletia hystrix is a very thorny ewergreen shrub. Covered in tiny white fragrant flowers in the autumn. The cultivar 'Rosea' appears to be variable in color, although called ‘rosy’ and definitely bearing rosy-pink buds some of this are pink when they open while others start pink, then opening to white.

It is often used as a barrier plant and seems to work against most animals.

Myrrh is a large shrub (or small tree) indigenous to Northeast Africa, and collected in Southern Arabia and Iran. The part of this plant used medicinally is the resin. Myrrh is referred to in the Bible. Myrrh was used as a wine preservative in the ancient world. It was used by Egyptians in embalming mixtures. It was also used as an aromatic for perfumes, funerals, and insect repellents.

Commiphora is a genus of flowering plants. It includes about 185 species of trees and shrubs, often armed or thorny.

Species and varieties:

Commiphora abyssinica

Commiphora capensis

Commiphora gileadensis

Commiphora dulcis

Commiphora humbertii

Commiphora kraeuseliana

Commiphora mollis - Velvet Commiphora, Velvet(-leaved) Corkwood.

Commiphora mossambicensis

Commiphora orbicularis

Commiphora ornifolia

Commiphora simplicifolia

Conostylis aculeata is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

This clumping grassy perennial is a lovely groundcover, with heads of yellow buds that open to yellow or white flowers.