Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: A scrambling vigorous climber with stems to 4m long.
Flowers: Dark red pea flower with dark markings, 3-4cm long and in axillary racemes.
Flowering: July-November.
Fruit: Compressed flat pod 5-10cm long covered with rusty brown hairs.
Leaves: Trifoliolate leaves with ovate to lanceolate leaflets 3-12cm long and 2-8cm wide, hairless or with rusty coloured hairs on both sides.
Habitat: Widespread in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Large dark red pea flowers on a vine. Trifoliate leaves.
Name:
Kennedia After the English nurseryman John Kennedy
rubicunda From Latin = ruby-red (referring to its flowers)
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Rust |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Compound |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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