Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: A shrub up to 1m high often with red, pimply stems.
Flowers: Yellow pea flower with red markings and crowded in leafy clusters at the ends of the stems.
Flowering: August-October.
Fruit: Hairy pod 5mm long.
Leaves: Linear, up to 1.5cm long and 1-2mm wide, dark green, crowded and with recurved margins.
Habitat: Heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Yellow and red pea flowers crowded at ends of branches. Hairy pod. Red pimply stems.
Name:
Phyllota From Greek = leaf-ear (referring to its leaf-like bracteoles).
phylicoides From Greek = leaf-like (referring to its leaf-like bracteoles).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Red, Brown |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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