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Tag: Swainsona

Posted on October 4, 2022October 4, 2022

Swainsona minutiflora flowering and seeding: Copley

Swainsona minutiflora is a vulnerable species. Sparsely recorded sightings have been recorded between Marree and Marla, observed on the Copley commons from winter to spring. Flowers are a tiny 2-3mm, with the plant growing to around 12cm wide.

Posted on August 26, 2022September 2, 2022

Loose-flowered Rattlepod: Lyndhurst

Loose-flowered Rattlepod (Crotalaria eremaea) growing to about 1m in the sand dunes of Lyndhurst and flowering in the early spring.

Posted on August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

Orange Darling Pea

Orange Darling Pea (Swainsona stipularis) flowering in the Flinders Ranges in early spring.

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Posted on July 13, 2022July 23, 2022

Wild Violet

Known as Wild Violet or Darling Pea, this Swainsona is flowering in rocky clay plains in the Northern Flinders Ranges in midwinter.

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