
Small Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
Small four-petalled flowers on a delicate vine. The flower appeared to have two curled sepals and prominant stamens.
Leaves were lanceolate to ovate with serrated margins.
Spotted along a track on regenerated land near a lagoon - Narabeen, NSW

''Cardiospermum halicacabum'', known as the balloon plant or love in a puff, is a climbing plant widely distributed across tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Australia, and North America. It is often found as a weed along roads and rivers.
Similar species: Sapindales
By Leuba Ridgway
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Uploaded May 20, 2021. Captured Apr 22, 2021 12:50 in Narrabeen Lakes, New South Wales, Narrabeen NSW 2101, Australia.
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