Butcher's Broom at Hillier Gardens
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Butcher's Broom at Hillier Gardens
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 24 Nov 2017
A woody plant related to Asparagus, with striking red fruits. What seem to be hard, spiky leaves are not leaves but cladodes - leaf-like side shoots from the stem. The small dots in the centre of each cladode are all that remain of the leaves, and do not function as such.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.013355
Longitude
-1.467243