Platylobium parviflorum

Small-flowered Flat-pea at Mongarlowe, NSW

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Identification history

Platylobium parviflorum	2 Oct 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Platylobium montanum subsp. montanum	26 Sep 2019	michaelb
Unidentified	25 Sep 2019	LisaH

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3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

26 Sep 2019

I suspect this is Platylobium parviflorum. Unfortunately Plantnet does not have montanum in the key. The Vicflora key separates them thus: parviflorum - leaves apparently simple with the articulation in the leaf stalk obscure, leaves narrow, the bases of the leaves narrowing to the stalk, rarely cordate (bases like the base of a heart on a playing card). Montanum - articulation on the leaf stalks clear with a bend or ridge, leaves broad to round, bases of leaves usually cordate.
I cannot see these characters in the photos.

michaelb wrote:

26 Sep 2019

Hi Betty
My suggestion was a bit of a roughy just from looking at our own species list. Platylobium parviflorum would be a new one for us and a good addition.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

3 Oct 2019

Betty I blew the image up and leaf stalk is not as for montanum. Also leaves are not cordate at base and are more than twice as long as wide.

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