Marianthus bicolor

Painted marianthus
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Marianthus
Species:
M. bicolor
Binomial name
Marianthus bicolor
(Putt.) F.Muell.
Synonyms
  • Billardiera bicolor (Putt.) E.M.Benn.
  • Billardiera bicolor (Putt.) E.M.Benn. var. bicolor
  • Billardiera bicolor var. lineata (F.Muell.) E.M.Benn.
  • Marianthus lineatus F.Muell.
  • Marianthus pictus Lindl.
  • Oncosporum bicolor Putt. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Oncosporum bicolor Putt.

Marianthus bicolor, commonly known as painted marianthus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, erect, spreading shrub or climber with narrowly elliptic leaves and white to cream-coloured flowers with maroon or purple striations flowers arranged in branched clusters.