Podolobium ilicifolium
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| Podolobium ilicifolium at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Podolobium |
| Species: | P. ilicifolium |
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| Podolobium ilicifolium | |
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Podolobium ilicifolium, commonly known as prickly shaggy-pea,[3] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in eastern and southern Australia. The inflorescence is a cluster of yellow or orange pea-like flowers with red markings and shiny green, prickly foliage.
Podolobium ilicifolium is an upright shrub to 3 m (9.8 ft) high with more or less smooth or soft hairy stems. The leaves are arranged opposite or nearly so, oval to narrowly oval shaped, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.94 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide, upper surface smooth, distinctly veined, shiny, lower surface sometimes with soft hairs, margins lobed with a sharp point, on a petiole about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The inflorescences are borne in leaf axils or at the end of branches on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The corolla is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, standard petal yellow or yellowish-orange with a reddish centre, wings yellowish, and the keel is red. Flowering occurs from spring to early summer and the fruit is an oval or oblong pod about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) in diameter, and may be curved or straight.[3][4][5]