Podolobium ilicifolium
| Prickly Shaggy Pea | |
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| Podolobium ilicifolium at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
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| Species: | P. ilicifolium
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| Podolobium ilicifolium (Andrews) Crisp & P.H.Weston
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Podolobium ilicifolium, the Prickly Shaggy-pea is a shrub found in eastern and southern Australia. It is a common plant, found in dry or moist eucalyptus forest, often on clay or sandstone based soils.[1] It grows to three metres tall.
The leaves are opposite or nearly opposite on the stem, and are 2 to 10 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide. They are spikey and lobed, somewhat similar to the holly. The specific epithet ilicifolium which means “holly like leaves”.[2] The bottom of the leaves are somewhat hairy. Yellow and red flowers form on racemes in spring and early summer. The fruit is a pea type pod, oval or oblong, 10 mm long and 2.5 mm in diameter, and are curved or straight.
References
- ^ "Podolobium ilicifolium". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 83
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