Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: A common variable shrub up to 2m high.
Flowers: Yellow pea-flowers with central red markings borne in the upper leaf axils.
Flowering: August-November.
Fruit: Hairy pod 6-7mm long.
Leaves: Linear to lanceolate 6-20mm long, narrow, tapered, dark green, recurved with raised mid vein area below. The leaves are often in irregular whorls of 3.
Habitat: Grows in a wide range of habitats but mainly found in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Flowers dense along stems. Leaves recurved with raised mid vein area
Name:
Aotus From Greek = earless (referring to the lack of bracteoles on its calyx).
ericoides From Latin = erica-like (referring to its leaves being similar to those of Erica, the European Heath or Heather).
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Single |
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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, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Whorled, Crowded |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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