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Blueberry family has new member after workers investigate strange plant species by roadside

The newly described member of the blueberry family has spiky leaves. (Supplied: Katherine Walkerden)

On a sleepy roadside in rural Western Australia, Katherine Walkerden and Julie Waters stumbled upon a plant unknown to science.

In the spring of 2021, the two members of the Esperance Shire's environmental team were looking for threatened species and sensitive environments in a road reserve, ahead of a plan to widen the thoroughfare, when a strange shrub caught their eye.

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