Parsonsia brisbanensis J.B.Williams

Climber with twining stems, creeping by clinging roots when young; young stems finely pubescent; latex clear. Juvenile leaves ovate, 1.5–5 cm long, cordate at base. Adult leaves spreading, soft to firm, minutely brown-pubescent; petiole 6–45 mm long; lamina broadly lanceolate to ovate, 7–19 cm long, 2.4–7 cm wide, 2–5 times as long as wide, rounded to broadly cuneate or occasionally cordate at base, acute at apex; veins impressed to slightly raised above, with coarser net veins distinct below. Inflorescence of axillary and terminal many-flowered panicles; axes finely brown-pubescent; pedicels 7–9 mm long. Calyx lobes ovate, pubescent, appressed to corolla. Corolla yellowish; tube c. 1–1.3 mm long; lobes revolute, linear, 5.5–6.5 mm long, pubescent externally, densely bearded internally at base. Anther cone c. 3 mm long, strongly exserted; filaments c. 4 mm long, spirally twisted to almost straight, pubescent; anther tails straight or convergent. Nectary scales narrow, c. 1.3 mm long, acuminate. Capsules narrowly ovoid, 6–10 cm long, 1.8–2.6 cm diam., minutely pubescent.

Grows in eucalypt forests and woodlands, often in disturbed areas such as roadsides.