Platylobium formosum

Handsome Flat Pea at Corlette, NSW

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Identification history

Platylobium formosum 19 Jul 2022 Tapirlord
Unverified 12 Dec 2021 LyndalT

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A pea - pod was shiny bronze, curled as shown when open, had room for 8 seeds each side

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LyndalT wrote:
   6 Jan 2022
I have found a key to peas that shows me this is a Platylobium!

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • about 1cm Flower dimension
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Platylobium formosum Scientific name
  • Handsome Flat Pea Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 817.8m Recorded at altitude
  • In flower
  • Synonyms

    Platylobium formosum subsp. formosum

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