This is from a slender erect shrub – which grows up to 1 metre tall and usually found surrounded by taller shrubs and grasses. You can see that at each attachment point for a leaf – the stem is broadened giving the stem a winged appearance. Also shown in the inset – there are at each leaf attachment point – spiky looking stipules (small leaf like structures between the leaf and the stem). It flowers from 08/. Scale in cms Created: 08/04)/2008